Register of Gifts & Benefits
Pursuant to Section 119A of the Local Government Act 1999, an employee of council who receives a gift or benefit of an amount greater than the amount determined by the Minister (by notice in the gazette)*, must provide details of the gift or benefit to the chief executive officer of the council. A gift or benefit received by a designated person or entity in relation to an employee of a council will be treated as a gift or beneift (as the case requires) received by the employee.
A Register of Gifts and Benefits is maintained in accordance with Section 119A(4) of the Act, and the declared gifts and benefits are included in the register. This is audited annually.
*For the purposes of Section 119A(2) of the Act, the value of $50 was gazetted by the Minister on 17 November 2022.