sec.244Deciding maximum amounts of remuneration

### sec.244 Deciding maximum amounts of remuneration The remuneration commission must, before 1 December of each year, and for each category of local government, decide the maximum amount of remuneration payable from 1 July of the following year to a councillor, mayor or deputy mayor of a local government in each category. The remuneration may include, or may separately provide for, remuneration for the duties a councillor may be required to perform if the councillor is appointed to a committee, or as chairperson or deputy chairperson of a committee, of a local government. The remuneration can not include— any amount for expenses to be paid or facilities to be provided to a councillor of a local government under its expenses reimbursement policy; or any contribution a local government makes for a councillor to a voluntary superannuation scheme for councillors established or taken part in by the local government under section 226 of the Act . However, the remuneration may include an additional amount for councillors who are over 75 years paid in lieu of the contributions mentioned in subsection (3) (b) . s 244 amd 2013 Act No. 32 s 85 ; 2018 SL No. 201 s 12 (sec.244-ssec.1) The remuneration commission must, before 1 December of each year, and for each category of local government, decide the maximum amount of remuneration payable from 1 July of the following year to a councillor, mayor or deputy mayor of a local government in each category. (sec.244-ssec.2) The remuneration may include, or may separately provide for, remuneration for the duties a councillor may be required to perform if the councillor is appointed to a committee, or as chairperson or deputy chairperson of a committee, of a local government. (sec.244-ssec.3) The remuneration can not include— any amount for expenses to be paid or facilities to be provided to a councillor of a local government under its expenses reimbursement policy; or any contribution a local government makes for a councillor to a voluntary superannuation scheme for councillors established or taken part in by the local government under section 226 of the Act . (sec.244-ssec.4) However, the remuneration may include an additional amount for councillors who are over 75 years paid in lieu of the contributions mentioned in subsection (3) (b) . - (a) any amount for expenses to be paid or facilities to be provided to a councillor of a local government under its expenses reimbursement policy; or - (b) any contribution a local government makes for a councillor to a voluntary superannuation scheme for councillors established or taken part in by the local government under section 226 of the Act .