Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Local Government Act 1989 - SECT 73A

Review of allowance categories

73A. Review of allowance categories

(1) The Minister must, at least once every year, review the allowance category
for each Council.

(2) In conducting a review under subsection (1), the Minister must have regard
to-

   (a)  changes in the number of residents in each municipal area; and

   (b)  variations in the total recurrent revenue of each Council after
        adjusting for inflation.

(3) If a review conducted by the Minister under this section results in a
finding that one or more Councils in the categories of Councils require
alteration, the Minister must specify by notice published in the Government
Gazette, the Councils that are in each category of Councils following the
review.

(4) A notice published under subsection (3), to the extent that it varies the
amounts, limits, ranges or categories specified in an Order in Council made
under section 74B, varies the Order from the date specified in the notice as
the date on which the variation has effect.

(5) In subsection (2), total recurrent revenue means the total revenue of the
Council reported in the financial statements of the Council for the previous
financial year after adjusting for any items that are extraordinary, abnormal
or non-recurring.