Regulation 118 Interpretation of Chapter 1

In this Chapter—

• “allowances” means—

  1. (a)

     payments by way of attendance allowance within section 173(1) or 175(1) of the Local Government Act 1972^f1,

  2. (b)

     payments within regulations made under section 18(1) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989^f2,

  3. (c)

     payments within regulations made under section 100(1)(a) or (c) of the Local Government Act 2000^f3,

  4. (d)

     payments by way of attendance allowance within section 47(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973^f4, or

  5. (e)

     payments within regulation 3(1), 4(1) or 5(1) of the Local Government (Payments to Councillors) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999^f5;

• “councillor” means a person entitled to receive any allowances;

• “local council” means the local authority, council, joint authority or joint committee paying allowances.

For the purposes of paragraph (1)—

• “council” and “joint committee” are to be read in accordance with section 148(1) of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972^f6; and

• “local authority” in England and Wales has the meaning given in section 270(1) of the Local Government Act 1972^f7, and in Scotland has the meaning given in section 235(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973^f8.