Regulation 16 Recovery of allowances

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 16 words substituted by Local Authorities (Allowances for Members) 2007 reg. 41(10)(a)
reg. 16(a) words substituted by Local Authorities (Allowances for Members) 2007 reg. 41(10)(b)(i)
reg. 16(a) words substituted by Local Authorities (Allowances for Members) 2007 reg. 41(10)(b)(ii)
reg. 16(b) words inserted by Local Authorities (Allowances for Members) 2007 reg. 41(10)(b)(iii)

A fire authority may provide that where payment of an allowance under this Part has already been made in respect of any period during which the member concerned —

(a)

is suspended or partially suspended from that member’s responsibilities or duties as a member, chairperson or vice-chairperson in accordance with Part III of the 2000 Act or regulations made under that Part;

(b)

ceases to be a member of the fire authority; or

(c)

is in any way not entitled to receive the allowance in respect of that period,

the fire authority may require that such part of the allowance as relates to any such period be repaid to the authority (and such repayment may include the withholding by the fire authority of a future instalment of the relevant allowance, in whole or in part, from the member).