# The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011, Paragraph 3C: Remuneration and pensions

Extent: E+W

(1) Save as provided for in sub-paragraphs (2) to (5), no remuneration is to be payable by the GMCA to its members or a member of a committee or sub-committee of the GMCA other than—
(a) allowances for travel and subsistence;
(b) allowances payable in accordance with a scheme made under section 113E of the 2009 Act.
(1A) Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply in relation to allowances payable other than those specified in sub-paragraph (1)(a) and (b).
(2) The GMCA may only pay an allowance to the Mayor or a member of a committee or sub-committee of the GMCA who is not an elected member of a constituent council or a member of a constituent council who is appointed to an overview and scrutiny committee or a sub-committee of that committee, or to the audit committee of the GMCA if the GMCA has considered recommendations made by the independent remuneration panel established under paragraph 3B which contains recommendations for the payment of such an allowance.
(3) Where the independent remuneration panel recommends the payment of an allowance—
(a) the GMCA must pay an allowance not exceeding the allowance recommended by the independent remuneration panel to the Mayor or a member of a committee or sub-committee of the GMCA who is not an elected member of a constituent council; and
(b) the GMCA may pay an allowance not exceeding the allowance recommended by the independent remuneration panel to elected members of constituent councils appointed to an overview and scrutiny committee, including to any sub-committee of that committee, or to the audit committee;
(4) Sub-paragraph (5) applies in relation to pensions.
(5) Where the GMCA pays a relevant allowance to a person—
(a) that person is entitled to a pension paid in accordance with a scheme made under section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013;
(b) that allowance is to be treated as an amount in respect of which such a pension is payable in accordance with that scheme; and
(c) the GMCA must make such payments as may be required in respect of pension payable to a person in relation to that allowance.
(6) In sub-paragraph (5), “a relevant allowance” means—
(a) an allowance payable under sub-paragraph (2) to any person referred to in that sub-paragraph, which is not an allowance for travel and subsistence;
(b) an allowance payable in accordance with a scheme made under section 113E of the 2009 Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/908/schedule/1/paragraph/3C (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/greater-manchester-combined-authority-order-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-3C
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