New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 254A

254A Circumstances in which annual fees may be withheld

(1) Despite this Division, a council may resolve that an annual fee will not be paid to a councillor or that a councillor will be paid a reduced annual fee determined by the council:

(a) for any period of not more than 3 months for which the councillor is absent, with or without leave, from an ordinary meeting or ordinary meetings of the council, or

(b) in any other circumstances prescribed by the regulations.

Section 428 (2) (f) requires a council to include, in its annual report:

• the total amount of money expended during the year on mayoral fees and councillor fees

• the council’s policy on the provision of facilities for, and the payment of expenses to, councillors

• the total amount of money expended during the year on providing those facilities and paying those expenses.

(2) Despite this Division, if a councillor is absent, with or without leave of the council, from ordinary meetings of the council for any period of more than 3 months, the council must not pay any annual fee, or part of an annual fee, to that councillor that relates to the period of absence that is in excess of 3 months.