LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 5.99
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 5.99
5.99 . Annual fee for council members in lieu of fees for attending meetings
A local government may
decide* that instead of paying council members a fee referred to in
section 5.98(1), it will instead pay all council members who attend council or
committee meetings —
(a) the
annual fee determined by the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal under the
Salaries and Allowances Act 1975 section 7B; or
(b)
where the local government has set a fee within the range for annual fees
determined by that Tribunal under that section, that fee.
* Absolute majority required.
[Section 5.99 amended: No. 2 of 2012 s. 16.]