Local Government (General) Amendment (Councillor Allowances) Regulations 2008
I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Local Government Act 1993 .27 October 2008
PETER G. UNDERWOOD
Governor
By His Excellency’s Command,
J. G. COX
Minister for Local Government
1Short titleThese regulations may be cited as the Local Government (General) Amendment (Councillor Allowances) Regulations 2008 . 2CommencementThese regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette. 3Principal RegulationsIn these regulations, the Local Government (General) Regulations 2005 are referred to as the Principal Regulations. 4Regulation 3 amended (Interpretation) Regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows: (a) by omitting the definition of Consumer Price Index figure ; (b) by omitting "Consumer Price Index" first occurring from the definition of inflationary factor and substituting "Wage Price Index"; (c) by omitting "Consumer Price Index" second occurring from the definition of inflationary factor and substituting "Wage Price Index"; (d) by omitting "only." from the definition of table and substituting "only;"; (e) by inserting the following definition after the definition of table : Wage Price Index figure means the Labour Price Index, Australia: WPI All Groups Tasmania published by the Australian Statistician under the authority of the Census and Statistics Act 1905 of the Commonwealth. 5Regulation 42 substituted Regulation 42 of the Principal Regulations is rescinded and the following regulation is substituted: 42Allowances for elected members (1) For the purposes of sections 340A(1) and (2) of the Act, the allowances for councillors and the additional allowances for deputy mayors and mayors for the period of 12 months starting on 1 November 2008 are as specified in columns 2, 3 and 4 respectively of Schedule 4 . (2) The allowances for councillors and the additional allowances for deputy mayors and mayors payable in each subsequent period of 12 months starting on 1 November – (a) take effect from that date each year; and (b) are calculated by multiplying the allowances for the previous year by the inflationary factor for the current year and rounding the resulting amount to the nearest whole dollar. (3) The allowances referred to in this regulation are to be paid in monthly or fortnightly instalments. 6Schedule 4 substituted Schedule 4 to the Principal Regulations is rescinded and the following Schedule is substituted: Schedule 4Allowances for elected members Regulation 42
Column 1 JS4/JT/th/tr/oc1/EN Council | Column 2 Allowance for Councillors | Column 3 Additional allowance for Deputy Mayors | Column 4 Additional allowance for Mayors |
Hobart City | 27 278 | 17 617 | 68 195 |
Launceston City | 27 278 | 17 617 | 68 195 |
Clarence City | 22 083 | 15 344 | 55 206 |
Glenorchy City | 22 083 | 15 344 | 55 206 |
Kingborough | 22 083 | 15 344 | 55 206 |
Burnie City | 16 724 | 13 071 | 41 810 |
Central Coast | 16 724 | 13 071 | 41 810 |
Devonport City | 16 724 | 13 071 | 41 810 |
West Tamar | 16 724 | 13 071 | 41 810 |
Brighton | 11 366 | 10 797 | 28 414 |
Huon Valley | 11 366 | 10 797 | 28 414 |
Meander Valley | 11 366 | 10 797 | 28 414 |
Northern Midlands | 11 366 | 10 797 | 28 414 |
Sorell | 11 366 | 10 797 | 28 414 |
Waratah-Wynyard | 11 366 | 10 797 | 28 414 |
Break O’Day | 9 500 | 9 092 | 23 750 |
Circular Head | 9 500 | 9 092 | 23 750 |
Derwent Valley | 9 500 | 9 092 | 23 750 |
Dorset | 9 500 | 9 092 | 23 750 |
George Town | 9 500 | 9 092 | 23 750 |
Latrobe | 9 500 | 9 092 | 23 750 |
Glamorgan-Spring Bay | 8 000 | 7 956 | 20 000 |
Southern Midlands | 8 000 | 7 956 | 20 000 |
West Coast | 8 000 | 7 956 | 20 000 |
Central Highlands | 7 000 | 7 388 | 17 500 |
Flinders | 7 000 | 7 388 | 17 500 |
Kentish | 7 000 | 7 388 | 17 500 |
King Island | 7 000 | 7 388 | 17 500 |
Tasman | 7 000 | 7 388 | 17 500 |
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 29 October 2008
These regulations are administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the regulation) These regulations amend the
(a) updating the allowances payable to councillors, deputy mayors and mayors with effect from 1 November 2008; and (b) changing the index used to ascertain the inflationary factor for the calculation of subsequent annual adjustments to those allowances.