Local Government Members (2018/19) (Local Authorities) Amendment Determination 2018: revoked (after expiring on the close of 30 June 2019), on 1 July 2019, pursuant to clause 16 of the Local Government Members (2019/20) Determination 2019 (LI 2019/135).

Note

Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.

Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

Pursuant to clauses 6 and 7A(1) and (5) of Schedule 7 of the Local Government Act 2002 and to the Remuneration Authority Act 1977, the Remuneration Authority, after having regard to the matters specified in clause 7 of that schedule, makes the following determination (to which is appended an explanatory memorandum).

1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Principal determination
4	Clause 11 amended (Vehicle mileage allowance)
5	Schedule amended
	Explanatory memorandum
	Gazette Information
	Reprint notes

Determination

1 Title

This determination is the Local Government Members (2018/19) (Local Authorities) Amendment Determination 2018.

2 Commencement

(1)

Clause 5(1) and (3) to (8) is deemed to have come into force on 1 July 2018.

(2)

Clause 5(2) is deemed to have come into force on 12 September 2018.

(3)

The rest of this determination comes into force on the day after the date of its notification in the Gazette.

3 Principal determination

This determination amends the Local Government Members (2018/19) (Local Authorities) Determination 2018 (the principal determination).

4 Clause 11 amended (Vehicle mileage allowance)

(1)

In clause 11(3), replace “to a member is” with “to a member for eligible travel before 1 December 2018 is”.

(2)

After clause 11(3), insert:

(4)

The allowance payable to a member for eligible travel on and after 1 December 2018 is,—

(a)

for a petrol or diesel vehicle,—

(i)

76 cents per kilometre for the first 14,000 kilometres of eligible travel during the term of this determination; and

(ii)

26 cents per kilometre after the first 14,000 kilometres of eligible travel during the term of this determination:

(b)

for a petrol hybrid vehicle,—

(i)

76 cents per kilometre for the first 14,000 kilometres of eligible travel during the term of this determination; and

(ii)

18 cents per kilometre after the first 14,000 kilometres of eligible travel during the term of this determination:

(c)

for an electric vehicle,—

(i)

76 cents per kilometre for the first 14,000 kilometres of eligible travel during the term of this determination; and

(ii)

9 cents per kilometre after the first 14,000 kilometres of eligible travel during the term of this determination.

5 Schedule amended

(1)

In the Schedule, Part 2, replace the item relating to Buller District Council with:

Buller District Council

Office		Annual remuneration ($)
Mayor		81,840
Deputy Mayor		34,260
Finance and Audit Committee Chairperson		28,835
Policy and Risk Committee Chairperson		24,553
Grants Committee Chairperson		23,697
Economic Development Committee Chairperson		24,553
Councillor		19,414

(2)

In the Schedule, Part 2, item relating to Carterton District Council, revoke the item relating to Ruamāhanga Whaitua Representative (1).

(3)

In the Schedule, Part 2, item relating to Central Hawke’s Bay District Council, replace the item relating to Deputy Mayor with:

Deputy Mayor and Chairperson Finance and Planning Committee	39,099
Chairperson Community Development Committee	31,768
Chairperson Audit and Risk Committee	31,768
Chairperson Environment and Regulatory Committee	31,768

(4)

In the Schedule, Part 2, item relating to Clutha District Council,—

(a)

replace “Committee Chairperson (3)” with “Committee Chairperson (2)”:

(b)

replace “Portfolio Leader B (5)” with “Portfolio Leader B (4)”:

(c)

above the item relating to “Councillor”, insert:

Shared Committee Chairperson (2)

24,060

(5)

In the Schedule, Part 2, item relating to Far North District Council, item relating to Mayor, replace “136,818” with “145,000”.

(6)

In the Schedule, Part 2, item relating to Hauraki District Council, replace “Ward Committee Chairperson (3)” with “Ward Chairperson (3)”.

(7)

In the Schedule, Part 2, item relating to Selwyn District Council, revoke the item relating to the Selwyn Central Community Board.

(8)

In the Schedule, Part 2, item relating to Waitaki District Council,—

(a)

replace the item relating to Deputy Mayor/Customer Service Core Committee Chairperson with:

Deputy Mayor

34,828

(b)

item relating to Core Committee Chairperson (3), replace “30,577” with “30,600”:

(c)

revoke the item relating to Core Committee Deputy Chairperson (3):

(d)

replace the item relating to Other Committee Chairperson (3) with:

Other Committee Chairperson (5)

27,600

(e)

above the item relating to “Councillor”, insert:

Councillor with other responsibilities

26,600

Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of November 2018.

Hon Dame Fran Wilde,
Chairperson.

Geoff Summers,
Member.

Len Cook,
Member.

Explanatory memorandum

This memorandum is not part of the determination, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This determination amends the Local Government Members (2018/19) (Local Authorities) Determination 2018 (the principal determination). The amendments in clause 5 of this determination are made at the request of the councils concerned.

Clause 4 amends clause 11 of the principal determination, which sets out the vehicle mileage allowance that may be paid by a local authority to a member to reimburse them for the costs incurred in respect of eligible travel. The new kilometre rates reflect the rates, for self-employed people and employees, published by the Inland Revenue Department on 23 July 2018. The updated rates are payable for eligible travel after 1 December 2018.

Clause 5, except for subclause (2), is deemed to have come into force on 1 July 2018. Clause 5(2) (which relates to Carterton District Council) is deemed to have come into force on 12 September 2018. The rest of this determination comes into force on the day after the date of its notification in the Gazette.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 8 November 2018.

Reprints notes

1 General

This is a reprint of the Local Government Members (2018/19) (Local Authorities) Amendment Determination 2018 that incorporates all the amendments to that determination as at the date of the last amendment to it.

2 Legal status

Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official electronic version also has official status.

3 Editorial and format changes

Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sections 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/.

4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint

Local Government Members (2019/20) Determination 2019: clause 16

Local Government Members (2018/19) (Local Authorities) Amendment Determination 2018