11Arrangements during the transitional period

11 Arrangements during the transitional period

11 Arrangements during the transitional period

(1) Armidale Regional Council is not to do any of the following during the transitional period unless either Inverell Council or the Minister has agreed:

(a) enter into any restricted arrangement,

(b) vary any budget allocation for any function that would effectively only apply to the transferred land area,

(c) negotiate or enter into any new enterprise agreement, or alter salaries, conditions of employment or other entitlements for staff (other than senior staff) that would effectively only apply to duties carried out by those staff on the transferred land area.

(2) Inverell Council is not to do any of the following during the transitional period, unless either Armidale Regional Council or the Minister has agreed:

(a) vary any budget allocation for any function that would effectively only apply to the transferred land area after the alteration day,

(b) negotiate or enter into any new enterprise agreement, or alter salaries, conditions of employment or other entitlements for staff (other than senior staff) that would effectively only apply to duties carried out by those staff on the transferred land area after the alteration day.

(3) Any restricted arrangement, variation of budget allocation, negotiation, agreement or other conduct entered into or carried out in contravention of this clause is to be taken into consideration for the purposes of any agreement to transfer staff, assets, rights and liabilities under this Proclamation and the value of staff entitlements, assets, rights and liabilities transferred is to be adjusted accordingly.

(4) In this clause:

restricted arrangement means any of the following:

(a) the sale or purchase of property or of any assets located in the transferred land area involving an amount exceeding $20,000,

(b) the leasing of any property located in the transferred land area for a period exceeding 5 years,

(c) entering into new contracts for works on the transferred land area involving an amount exceeding $100,000.