Western Australian Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 5.99A

5.99A .         Allowances for council members in lieu of reimbursement of expenses

                A local government may decide* that instead of reimbursing council members under section 5.98(2) for all of a particular type of expense it will instead pay all council members —

            (a)         the prescribed minimum annual allowance for that type of expense; or

            (b)         where the local government has set an allowance within the prescribed range for annual allowances for that type of expense, an allowance of that amount,

                and only reimburse the member for expenses of that type in excess of the amount of the allowance.

        * Absolute majority required.

        [Section 5.99A inserted by No. 64 of 1998 s. 38.]