350AStaff transferred to Norfolk Island Regional Council

350A Staff transferred to Norfolk Island Regional Council

(1) This section applies in relation to a transferring employee (within the meaning of item 368 of Schedule 2 to the Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment Act 2015 of the Commonwealth) becoming an employee of the Norfolk Island Regional Council at the final transition time. (2) The Norfolk Island Regional Council is taken to have complied with any provision of this Act which imposes a requirement in connection with the appointment of the employee.

24 After subsection 402(1)

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(1A) The Norfolk Island Regional Council must have a community strategic plan by 1 October 2016.

25 At the end of section 403

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(3) The Norfolk Island Regional Council must have a resourcing strategy by 1 January 2017.

26 At the end of section 404

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(6) The Norfolk Island Regional Council must have a delivery program by 1 January 2017.

27 At the end of section 405

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(7) Despite subsection (1), the Norfolk Island Regional Council must adopt an operational plan for the year ending on 30 June 2017 before 1 October 2016.

27A At the end of section 438U

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(6) The powers and functions conferred by this section on a commissioner or any other person may be exercised and performed, for the purposes of any inquiry under this section, in and outside the Territory of Norfolk Island. (7) To avoid doubt: (a) subsections (3) and (4), and the provisions applied by those subsections, have effect in and outside the Territory of Norfolk Island; and (b) any inquiry under this section may sit in and outside the Territory of Norfolk Island.

28 At the end of subsection 449(1)

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Note: The persons elected in the election provided for by the Preparatory Election Ordinance become councillors of the Norfolk Island Regional Council on 1 July 2016 under the Norfolk Island Regional Council Declaration Ordinance 2016 of the Commonwealth.

29 At the end of section 496

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(3) The Norfolk Island Regional Council is taken to have satisfied the requirement in subsection (1) while a levy is imposed under section 8 of the Waste Management Act 2003 of Norfolk Island.

30 At the end of section 497

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; or (c) for an ordinary rate for a year ending before 1 July 2018—a base amount.

31 After subsection 499(3)

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(3A) Despite subsection (3), the appropriate base amount so specified for a year for which the rate consists only of a base amount is to form the whole of the rate levied on each separate parcel of rateable land subject to the rate.