2014-01-13 Item 6.3 Appendices 1-5

Local Government (De-amalgamation Implementation) Regulation 2013
Part 3 Transfer mechanism
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11      Remuneration of councillors                                                              .
       (1)   The tribunal must—
             (a)  for each new local government, decide the category of
                  local government to which the new local government
                  belongs; and
             (b)  for each category decided under paragraph (a), decide
                  the remuneration payable to a councillor, mayor or
                  deputy mayor of a new local government in the
                  category.
        (2)  The tribunal must decide the category, and the remuneration,
             before 1 September 2013.
        (3)  To remove any doubt, it is declared that—
             (a)  the tribunal must include the new local governments in
                  its review of the categories of local governments under
                  the Local Government Regulation 2012, section 243(3)
                   to (5); and
             (b)   for the Local Government Regulation 2012, section
                   243(4), definition local government term, an election for
                   a new local government is taken to be a quadrennial
                   election.

Part 3                   Transfer mechanism

Division 1               Transfer manager

12      Appointment
        (1)  The Minister must appoint, for each new local government, a
             qualified person to be the manager (the transfer manager) for
             the new local government.
        (2)  A person is qualified to be a transfer manager for a new local
             government    if the person   has   the  ability, experience,
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