{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administrative-and-financial-provisions-act-northern-ireland-2026/section-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administrative-and-financial-provisions-act-northern-ireland-2026/section-14.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2026/10",
  "legislation_title": "Administrative and Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administrative-and-financial-provisions-act-northern-ireland-2026",
  "path": "section/14",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Setting of rate of basic allowance for councillors",
  "text": "(1) The Local Government Finance Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 31—\n(a) after subsection (1), insert—\n“(1A) If the regulations prescribe a basic allowance (that is, an allowance of a standard amount payable to all members of councils for the carrying out of the duties of a councillor), the amount shall be such as may be determined by the Department.”,\n(b) in subsection (2), for “Payments” substitute “Other than a basic allowance as mentioned in subsection (1A), payments”,\n(c) in subsection (5), after paragraph (a), insert—\n“(aa) subsection (1A);”.\n(3) The Local Government (Payments to Councillors) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019 No. 174) are amended as follows.\n(4) In regulation 4, for paragraphs (1) and (2) substitute—\n“(1) Each member of a council is to be paid by the council a basic allowance (that is, an allowance of a standard amount payable to all members of councils for the carrying out of the duties of a councillor).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2026/10/section/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:33:08.340730+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}