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| earnings |
income |
elected or appointed representative |
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Summary:
Honorarium paid to claimant acting as a Band Councillor considered earnings pursuant to the Regulations. Umpire stated that the test to be adopted is whether the weekly honorarium is so excessive that it would be unreasonable to believe that its real purpose was to compensate for a Councillor's daily expenses and not as a guise for wage or salary. Umpire found that the BOR erred in disregarding the material before it and erred in law in its conclusion that the honorarium fell within the definition of earnings.
