MHHS · Municipal Government Act
Part 5 — Councils, Councillors and Council Committees Division 1 Councils and Council Committees
146.03 Investigations
with section 146.021, the council must appoint an investigator to
conduct an investigation respecting the complaint.
(2) If the Minister is of the opinion that a councillor may have
contravened the accountability framework, the Minister may
appoint an investigator to conduct an investigation.
(3) For the purposes of conducting an investigation, an investigator
has the power to do any or all of the following:
(a) make inquiries orally or in writing of any person the
investigator believes has or may have information relevant
to the subject‑matter of the investigation;
(b) demand the production for examination of records and
documents, including electronic records and documents, that
are or may be relevant to the subject‑matter of the
investigation;
(c) make copies of any of the things referred to in clause (b);
(d) access municipal land and facilities for the purposes of
clauses (a) to (c);
(e) do anything permitted in the accountability framework.
(4) If, at any time before an investigation report is submitted to a
council, the person who made the complaint or the person who is
the subject of the investigation is no longer a member of the
council, the investigator, on learning this information, must
(a) immediately end the investigation, and
(b) inform the council an d the Minister in writing
(i) that the investigation has ended, and
(ii) the reasons for ending the investigation.
RSA 2000
(5) A council that appoints an investigator must pay the costs of
the investigation.
2026 c10 s4(6)