- Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 557
The Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1998
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| Made | 3rd March 1998 | ||
| Laid before Parliament | 6th March 1998 | ||
| Coming into force | 1st April 1998 |
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 173 and 270(1) of the Local Government Act 1972[1], and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.
Increase of allowances
2. - (1) The Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) Regulations 1991[2] are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 18(1) (attendance allowance) for "£27.70" there is substituted, in respect of an approved duty performed on or after 1st April 1998, "£28.62".
(3) In regulation 18(2) (financial loss allowance), in respect of an approved duty performed on or after 1st April 1998 -
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(a) in paragraph (a) for "£23.96" there is substituted "£25.06", and
(b) in paragraphs (b) and (c), for "£47.92" there is substituted "£50.13".
Revocations
3.
The Regulations specified in the first column of the following table are revoked to the extent specified in the third column.
TABLE
| Regulations revoked | References | Extent of revocation |
| The Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 | S.I. 1995/553 | Regulation 5(1), (3) and (4) |
| The Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 | S.I. 1996/469 | Regulation 4(1), (3) and (4) |
| The Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 | S.I. 1997/589 | With the exception of regulation 2(2), the whole instrument. |
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
2nd March 1998
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Win Griffiths
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,Welsh Office
3rd March 1998
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) Regulations 1991.
Regulation 2 increases, by 3.2 per cent., the maxima which may be paid to parish and community councillors by way of allowances under section 173(1) (attendance allowance) of the Local Government Act 1972, and increases by 4.4 per cent. the maximum which may be paid to parish and community councillors and to non-elected members of local authorities by way of allowances under section 173(4) (financial loss allowance) of that Act.
Notes:
[1] 1972 c. 70. Section 173 is amended by the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65), section 24(1), and by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42), Schedule 11, paragraph 26. See also the definition of "prescribed" in section 270 of the 1972 Act.back
[2] S.I. 1991/351; relevant amendment is by S.I. 1997/589.back
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