Title: LAWS OF nM REPUBLIC OF VKNUATU
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LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU
Consolidated Edition 2006

	DECENTRALIZATION (Statutory Orders)	[CAP. 230]

Commencement:  21 December 1987

LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCIL 
(PAYMENT OF GRATUITIES)

Order 64 of 1987

To make provision for the payment of gratuities to Chairmen, Deputy Chairmen and councillors of Local Government Councils.

1.	Interpretation
In this Order unless the context otherwise requires:

“Act” means the Decentralization Act [Cap. 230];

“Councillor” means an elected member of the Council;

“meeting” means a meeting of a full council but does not include the Executive and Finance Committee meetings or other committee meetings.

2.	Gratuity Payments
(1)	Subject to the provisions of this Order, a Local Government Council may pay to its Councillors at the end of their term of office gratuities at the rates specified below:

TABLE
Member | Maximum amount per meeting | Maximum amount per year
Chairman | VT 5,000 | VT 20,000
Deputy Chairman | VT 3,750 | VT 15,000
Councillor | VT 3,000 | VT 12,000
 
(2)	The calculation of the amount payable as gratuities shall be based on the number of meetings attended by a Councillor during his term of office:
	
	Provided that for the purposes of this section, the number of meetings in respect of which a Councillor is entitled for payment of gratuities, in each year of his term of office shall not be more than four.

(3)	In the case of a Councillor who ceased to hold office under section 10 of the Act, the calculation of the gratuity payable shall be based on the number of meetings attended by that Councillor during the period he was in office.

				

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