# The Justices’ Allowances Regulations 2015, Note: Explanatory note

Extent: E+W

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations revoke and replace the Justices’ Allowances Regulations 1976 (S.I. 1976/117) and the Justices’ Allowances (Amendment) Regulations 1976 (S.I. 1976/2118) governing the claiming of allowances by lay justices for travelling, subsistence or financial loss under section 15 of the Courts Act 2003.
Regulation 2 requires any lay justice who wants to claim their allowances to submit an Annual Declaration. Schedule 1 prescribes the form of the Annual Declaration.
Regulation 2 requires any lay justice who wants to claim their allowances to do so on the prescribed form set out at Schedule 2 to the Regulations. A different format (such as an electronic format) may be used with the Lord Chancellor’s agreement.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1423/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/justices-allowances-regulations-2015/note
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