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The Local Authorities Etc. (Allowances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1997

S.I. 1997/1631 · Made 1 July 1997

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

Made 1st July 1997

Laid before Parliament 4th July 1997

Coming into force 1st August 1997

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 45(4), 47 and 235(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973f1 and sections 18 and 190(1) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989f2 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1973 c. 65; section 45 was repealed by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42), Schedule 12, Part II, but subsection (4) was saved for certain purposes by S.I. 1991/344; section 47 was amended by the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65), section 25(5), the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, Schedule 11, paragraph 34, and the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), Schedule 14; section 235(1) contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.

f2

1989 c. 42; section 18 was amended by the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29), Schedule 4, paragraph 37 and the Education Act 1996 (c. 56), Schedule 37, paragraph 97.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of Regulations
  3. 3Amendment of Regulations
  4. 4Amendment of Regulations
  5. 5Amendment of Regulations
  6. Signature
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities Etc. (Allowances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st August 1997.

2Amendment of Regulations

The Local Authorities Etc. (Allowances) (Scotland) Regulations 1995f1 shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 5 below.

3Amendment of Regulations

In regulation 20–

(a)

in paragraph (a), for “£22.30” there shall be substituted “£23.58”; and

(b)

in each of paragraphs (b) and (c), for “£44.60” there shall be substituted “£47.16”.

4Amendment of Regulations

In regulation 21, for “£26.20” there shall be substituted “£27.70”.

5Amendment of Regulations

In column (2) of Schedule 2–

(a)

for “6,000” there shall be substituted “6,344”;

(b)

for “5,500” there shall be substituted “5,815”; and

(c)

for “5,000” there shall be substituted “5,286”.

Signature

Malcolm Chisholm

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

1st July 1997

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Local Authorities Etc. (Allowances) (Scotland) Regulations 1995, which make provision as to the payment of allowances of various sorts to members of Scottish local authorities and joint boards. The amendments all concern increases in the maximum amounts payable by way of allowances.