LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 5.102AB

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 5.102AB

5.102AB .         Repayment of advance annual payments if recipient ceases to hold office

        (1)         This section applies if —

            (a)         a local government pays an annual allowance or annual fee under this Division to a person in advance (either wholly or in part); and

            (b)         the person ceases to hold the office to which the allowance or fee relates before the end of the period to which the advance payment relates.

        (2)         Regulations may be made —

            (a)         requiring the repayment to a local government, to the extent determined in accordance with the regulations, of an advance payment of an annual allowance or annual fee in the circumstances to which this section applies; and

            (b)         providing for a local government to recover any amount repayable if it is not repaid.

        [Section 5.102AB inserted: No. 26 of 2016 s. 14.]