Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 358

The Local Government (Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1988

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1988 No. 358

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Local Government (Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1988

The Secretary of State for the Environment in relation to England, and the Secretary of State for Wales in relation to Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 173 and 177A of the Local Government Act 1972^[1], and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

    1.    These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st April 1988.

    2.    In these Regulations "the principal Regulations" means the Local Government (Allowances) Regulations 1986^[2].

    3.—(1)  For regulations 3 and 4 of the principal Regulations^[3] there is substituted:—
    "3.—(1)  The prescribed amount of attendance allowance shall be £18.25 for any period of 24 hours beginning at 3 am.

    (2)  The prescribed amount of financial loss allowance shall be:
(a) £14.85 for any period not exceeding 4 hours;

(b) £29.70 for any period exceeding 4 hours but not exceeding 24 hours;

(c) for a period exceeding 24 hours, £29.70 for each period of 24 hours plus the amount specified above which is appropriate to the remainder of the period.



    4.—(1)  The rate which a special responsibility allowance shall not exceed in any financial year beginning with the financial year ending on 31st March 1989 is:—
(a) in the case of a principal council belonging to the description of councils in paragraph 8(e) of Schedule 1 hereto, £525; and

(b) in any other case, one third of the total amount which that principal council may pay in that year by way of such allowances or £5,215, whichever is the less.


    (2)  The total amount payable by a principal council by way of special responsibility allowances in any financial year beginning with the financial year ending on 31st March 1989 shall not exceed the figure specified in Schedule 1 hereto in respect of that council or the description of councils to which it belongs." .




    (2)  For Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the replacement Schedule 1 set out in the Schedule hereto.

Nicholas Ridley

Secretary of State for the Environment

29th February 1988

Peter Walker

Secretary of State for Wales

1st March 1988

[1] 1972 c. 70. The references in section 173(1) and (4) to "the prescribed amount" are to an amount prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State (section 270(1)). Sections 173A and 177A were inserted by, and section 173 was amended by section 24 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65). Section 173A was amended bt section 7 of the Miscellaneous Financial Provisions Act 1983 (c. 29). Section 177A was amended by paragraph 20 of Schedule 14 to the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51). back

[2] S.I. 1986/724. back

[3] Inserted by regulation 3 of S.I. 1987/1483. back

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