sec.36ATerms of membership

### sec.36A Terms of membership A board member holds office on the terms of appointment provided for under a participation agreement of the distributor-retailer, and subject to this Act. A councillor-member can not receive, and the distributor-retailer can not confer, a benefit on a councillor-member— by way of remuneration as the holder of that office; or in connection with retirement from or other ending of the office. However, the councillor-member may receive a benefit conferred on the member under LGA 2009 or CBA 2010 . For applying CBA 2010 under subsection (3) , the relevant provisions of those Acts apply as if a reference to a corporate entity of the relevant council included a reference to a distributor-retailer. For LGA 2009 , see the Local Government (Operations) Regulation 2010 , section 43 . An independent member may receive from a distributor-retailer, and a distributor-retailer may confer on an independent member, a benefit for the following only if it complies with the participation agreement— remuneration as the holder of that office; a matter for, or in connection with, retirement from or other ending of the office. A purported benefit conferred or received that can not be made under this section is of no effect. In this section— benefit means a payment made or an interest in property or other valuable consideration or benefit given or transferred. s 36A ins 2012 No. 1 s 12 (sec.36A-ssec.1) A board member holds office on the terms of appointment provided for under a participation agreement of the distributor-retailer, and subject to this Act. (sec.36A-ssec.2) A councillor-member can not receive, and the distributor-retailer can not confer, a benefit on a councillor-member— by way of remuneration as the holder of that office; or in connection with retirement from or other ending of the office. (sec.36A-ssec.3) However, the councillor-member may receive a benefit conferred on the member under LGA 2009 or CBA 2010 . (sec.36A-ssec.4) For applying CBA 2010 under subsection (3) , the relevant provisions of those Acts apply as if a reference to a corporate entity of the relevant council included a reference to a distributor-retailer. For LGA 2009 , see the Local Government (Operations) Regulation 2010 , section 43 . (sec.36A-ssec.5) An independent member may receive from a distributor-retailer, and a distributor-retailer may confer on an independent member, a benefit for the following only if it complies with the participation agreement— remuneration as the holder of that office; a matter for, or in connection with, retirement from or other ending of the office. (sec.36A-ssec.6) A purported benefit conferred or received that can not be made under this section is of no effect. (sec.36A-ssec.7) In this section— benefit means a payment made or an interest in property or other valuable consideration or benefit given or transferred. - (a) by way of remuneration as the holder of that office; or - (b) in connection with retirement from or other ending of the office. - (a) remuneration as the holder of that office; - (b) a matter for, or in connection with, retirement from or other ending of the office.