22Other provisions relating to exercise of functions by statutory manager

22 Other provisions relating to exercise of functions by statutory manager

22 Other provisions relating to exercise of functions by statutory manager

(1) The expenses of and incidental to the conduct of the affairs and activities of a registered community housing provider by a statutory manager appointed under this Law are payable by the provider.

(2) Those expenses include:

(a) in the case of a statutory manager who is not an employee of the State, the remuneration of the statutory manager (being a rate of remuneration that may be fixed by the relevant Minister), or

(b) in the case of a statutory manager who is an employee of the State, the reimbursement of the State of an amount certified by the relevant Minister in respect of the remuneration of that employee (being an amount that is recoverable from the registered community housing provider concerned in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the State).

(3) A statutory manager appointed under this Law for a registered community housing provider is not liable for any loss incurred by the provider during the statutory manager’s term of office unless the loss was attributable to:

(a) wilful misconduct of the statutory manager, or

(b) gross negligence of the statutory manager, or

(c) wilful failure of the statutory manager to comply with community housing legislation or with any other law regulating the conduct of members of the governing body of the provider.