2019-02-12 Attachment 3 to Item 5 - Delegations No Changes

DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
TITLE:       LOCAL GOVERMENT ACT – PAYROLL

Delegation by the Council to:                                Date:
Chief Executive Officer

Source of Authority:
Local Government Act 2009


To exercise the powers of Council pursuant to the Local Government Act 2009.

DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                    LEGISLATION
                                                                  (THE ACT)
Power, as a prescribed employee’s employer, to pay superannuation Section 219(1)
contributions payable for the employee into LGIAsuper.
Power, as a prescribed employee’s employer, to pay superannuation Section 219(2)
contributions payable for the employee into another fund directed by the
employee.
Power, as a local government other than the Brisbane City Council, to comply Section 219A
with a notice giving by the LGIAsuper Trustee under subsection 219A(1).
Power, as a local government, to deduct all or part of the employee’s Section 220A(4)
contributions from the employee’s salary or any money that the employee owes
to Council.
Power, in the circumstances set out in subsection 220B(1), to agree in writing Section 220B(2)
with an employee:-
(a)    to reduce the pre-agreement contributions to the amount equal to the
employee’s concessional contributions cap for the financial year; and
(b)    if a yearly contribution made under section 220A(3) is part of the pre-
agreement contributions – on the extent, if any to which a contribution
mentioned in 220B(1)(a) of (b) will be reduced to achieve the reduction.
Power, where the pre-agreement contributions are reduced under subsection Section 220B(3)
220B(2), to pay the amount of the reduction to the employee as salary.
Power, as an employer, to agree in writing with an employee:-                  Section 221(2)
(a)    that the employee is exempt, on the grounds of the employee’s financial
hardship, from paying all or a stated part of the contributions payable under
section 220A(2) by the employee; and
(b)    on the period, of not more than 1 year, of the exemption.
Power, as an employer, to give a copy of the agreement made under subsection Section 221(4)
220(2) to the relevant trustee.
Power, as an employer who has received a notice from the employee under Section 222(3)
subsection 222(2), to calculate the yearly contributions payable for the
employee based on the employee’s salary before it was decreased.

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