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Part 5 Division 8 insert:
5.102AA. Apportionment of annual payments
A determination made
by the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal under the
Salaries and Allowances Act 1975 section 7B may provide for the
payment of a proportion of an annual allowance or annual fee payable under
this Division if a person holds the office to which the allowance or fee
relates for only part of a year.
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.
5.102AC. Application of this Division to regional
local governments
(1) This Division
applies, and is to be taken to have always applied, in accordance with
section 3.66(1) and (5) to and in relation to regional local governments,
members and deputy members of the councils of regional local governments and
chairmen and deputy chairmen of regional local governments.
(2) This section does
not limit section 3.66.