(1)  In this section –

State-employed Executive Officer means an Executive Officer who is also a State Service officer or State Service employee.

(2)  A member of the Code of Conduct Panel is entitled to receive the remuneration and allowances determined by the Minister from time to time.

(3)  The remuneration and allowances payable under subsection (2) to a member of the Code of Conduct Panel in relation to a code of conduct complaint and its investigation and determination are payable by the relevant council.

(4)  An Executive Officer –

(a) who is not a State-employed Executive Officer is entitled to receive the remuneration and allowances determined by the Minister from time to time; or

(b) who is a State-employed Executive Officer is entitled to receive only the allowances determined by the Minister from time to time.

(5)  The remuneration and allowances payable under subsection (4) to an Executive Officer in relation to a code of conduct complaint and its investigation and determination are payable by the relevant council.

(6)  In the case of a State-employed Executive Officer, the remuneration that would be payable to an Executive Officer in relation to a code of conduct complaint were he or she not a State-employed Executive Officer is payable –

(a) to the government department in or for which the State-employed Executive Officer is employed in his or her capacity as a State Service officer or State Service employee; and

(b) by the relevant council.