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Statutory Instruments
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
1st April 1999
Laid before Parliament
9th April 1999
Coming into force
30th April 1999
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:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 30th April 1999.
2.-(1) Regulation 18 of the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) Regulations 1991(2) is amended-
(a)in paragraph (1) (attendance allowance), by the substitution of "£29.48" for "£28.62"; and
(b)in paragraph (2) (financial loss allowance) by the substitution-
(i)in sub-paragraph (a), of "£26.24" for "£25.06"; and
(ii)in sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), of "£52.49" for "£50.13".
(2) The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall have effect in respect of approved duties performed on or after 30th April 1999.
3. The Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1998 are revoked with effect from 30th April 1999.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Alan Meale
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
30th March 1999
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Jon Owen Jones
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
1st April 1999
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) Regulations 1991.
Regulation 2(1) increases, by 3 per cent., to £29.48, the maximum which may be paid to parish and community councillors by way of attendance allowance under section 173(1) of the Local Government Act 1972. It also increases, by 4.7 per cent., the maxima 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.
Regulations 2(2) provides for the increased allowances to have effect in respect of approved duties performed on or after 30th April 1999.
Regulations 3 revokes the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1998.
1972 c. 70. Section 173 was 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.
