(1) A local government
may decide* to pay the deputy mayor or deputy president of the local
government an allowance of up to the percentage that is determined by the
Salaries and Allowances Tribunal under the Salaries and Allowances Act 1975
section 7B of the annual local government allowance to which the mayor or
president is entitled under section 5.98(5).
* Absolute majority required.
(2) An allowance under
subsection (1) is to be paid in addition to any amount to which the deputy
mayor or deputy president is entitled under section 5.98.
[Section 5.98A inserted: No. 64 of 1998 s. 37;
amended: No. 2 of 2012 s. 15.]