# The Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland (Expenses) Regulations 1989, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Schedule 4 to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 provides for the remuneration of, and other expenses incurred by, the Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland and his officers being met by “the body designated for Scotland” . The Secretary of State has designated the Commission for Local Authority Accounts in Scotland as that body.
These Regulations make new provision in relation to the financial year 1989-90 and each subsequent financial year for the expenses incurred by that designated body in the discharge of its functions under Part II of the 1975 Act being met by regional and islands councils.
Regulation 3 provides that the expenses of the designated body, in relation to each of those financial years, are to be met by regional and islands councils in proportion to their adult population as first estimated by the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Scotland in relation to 30th June in the preceding year.
Regulation 4 provides for the payment to the designated body by each regional and islands council of instalments in respect of the amount due from them for each of those financial years under the Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/98/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/commissioner-for-local-administration-in-scotland-expenses-regulations-1989/note
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