Local Government (General) Amendment Regulations 2012
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 .19 November 2012
PETER G. UNDERWOOD
Governor
By His Excellency’s Command,
BRYAN GREEN
Minister for Local Government
1Short titleThese regulations may be cited as the Local Government (General) Amendment Regulations 2012 . 2CommencementThese regulations take effect on 1 December 2012. 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 by omitting the definitions of inflationary factor and June quarter . 5Regulation 27 amended (Non-application of public tender process) Regulation 27(1) of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows: (a) by omitting " Regulation 23 does not apply to the following" and substituting "The following situations and contracts are prescribed for the purposes of section 333A(3) of the Act"; (b) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (c) : (ca) a contract for goods or services obtained as a result of a tender process conducted by another council, a single authority, a joint authority, the Local Government Association of Tasmania or any other local government association in this State or in another State or a Territory; 6Regulation 42 substituted Regulation 42 of the Principal Regulations is rescinded and the following regulation is substituted: 42Allowances for elected members (1) In this regulation – current period means the period commencing on 1 December 2012 and ending at the end of 31 October 2013; inflationary factor, in respect of each calendar year, means the amount ascertained by dividing the Wage Price Index figure for the June quarter of that year by the Wage Price Index figure for the June quarter of the previous calendar year; June quarter, in relation to a calendar year, means April, May and June of that year; previous period, in respect of a subsequent period, means the 12-month period immediately before the 1 November on which the subsequent period commences; subsequent period means a 12-month period commencing on 1 November in any calendar year after 2013; November 2013 period means the period commencing on 1 November 2013 and ending at the end of 31 October 2014. (2) For the purposes of sections 340A(1) and (2) of the Act, the allowance for a councillor or the additional allowance for a deputy mayor or a mayor is the amount calculated by – (a) for the current period, dividing the amount specified in column 2, 3 or 4, respectively, in Schedule 4 by 12 and multiplying the resulting amount by 11; and (b) for the November 2013 period, multiplying the amount specified in column 2, 3 or 4, respectively, in Schedule 4 by the inflationary factor for the 2013 calendar year and rounding the resulting amount to the nearest whole dollar; and (c) for a subsequent period, multiplying the allowance for the previous period by the inflationary factor for the calendar year in which the subsequent period commences 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. 7Schedule 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 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
Council | Allowance for Councillors | Additional allowance for Deputy Mayors | Additional allowance for Mayors |
Hobart City | 31 513 | 20 352 | 78 784 |
Launceston City | 31 513 | 20 352 | 78 784 |
Clarence City | 25 512 | 17 726 | 63 778 |
Glenorchy City | 25 512 | 17 726 | 63 778 |
Kingborough | 25 512 | 17 726 | 63 778 |
Burnie City | 19 321 | 15 101 | 48 302 |
Central Coast | 19 321 | 15 101 | 48 302 |
Devonport City | 19 321 | 15 101 | 48 302 |
West Tamar | 19 321 | 15 101 | 48 302 |
Brighton | 13 131 | 12 473 | 32 826 |
Huon Valley | 13 131 | 12 473 | 32 826 |
Meander Valley | 13 131 | 12 473 | 32 826 |
Northern Midlands | 13 131 | 12 473 | 32 826 |
Sorell | 13 131 | 12 473 | 32 826 |
Waratah-Wynyard | 13 131 | 12 473 | 32 826 |
Break O’Day | 10 975 | 10 504 | 27 438 |
Circular Head | 10 975 | 10 504 | 27 438 |
Derwent Valley | 10 975 | 10 504 | 27 438 |
Dorset | 10 975 | 10 504 | 27 438 |
George Town | 10 975 | 10 504 | 27 438 |
Latrobe | 10 975 | 10 504 | 27 438 |
Glamorgan-Spring Bay | 9 242 | 9 191 | 23 105 |
Kentish | 9 242 | 9 191 | 23 105 |
Southern Midlands | 9 242 | 9 191 | 23 105 |
West Coast | 9 242 | 9 191 | 23 105 |
Central Highlands | 8 087 | 8 535 | 20 217 |
Flinders | 8 087 | 8 535 | 20 217 |
King Island | 8 087 | 8 535 | 20 217 |
Tasman | 8 087 | 8 535 | 20 217 |
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 28 November 2012
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) increasing the allowances of all councillors, deputy mayors and mayors of the Kentish Council; and (b) providing that councils do not need to tender for the provision or supply of certain goods or services that are obtained as a result of a tender process conducted by certain other bodies; and (c) effecting minor statute law revision.