# The Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1997

S.I. 1997/589 · made 4 March 1997

These Regulations amend the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) Regulations 1991.

Made under: Local Government Act 1972 (Section 173, Section 175, Section 177, Section 178, Section 270); Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (Section 18, Section 190)

## Introductory text

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 4th March 1997
Laid before Parliament 7th March 1997
Coming into force 1st April 1997
The Secretary of State for the Environment as respects England and the Secretary of State for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 173, 175(1A), 177(1)(b), 178(1) and 270(1) of the Local Government Act 1972, sections 18 and 190(1) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997 (“the commencement day”).
(2) In these Regulations `the principal regulations' means the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) Regulations 1991.

## 2 Increase of allowances

(1) The principal regulations are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 17(2) (allowance in respect of conferences and meetings) for “£26.96” there is substituted, in relation to attendance at a conference or meeting on or after the commencement day, “£27.70”.
(3) In regulation 18(1) (attendance allowance) for “£26.96” there is substituted, in respect of an approved duty performed on or after the commencement day, “£27.70”.
(4) In regulation 18(2) (financial loss allowance), in respect of an approved duty performed on or after the commencement day—
(a) in paragraph (a) for “£23.10” there is substituted “£23.96”, and
(b) in paragraphs (b) and (c), for “£46.21” there is substituted “£47.92”.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Paul Beresford
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment
1997
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Gwilym Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Welsh Office
4th March 1997

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) Regulations 1991.
Regulation 2 increases, by 2.75 per cent., the maxima which may be payable to parish and community councillors and to non-elected members of local authorities by way of allowances under section 173(1) (attendance allowance) and section 175 (allowances in respect of attendance at conferences and meetings) of the Local Government Act 1972, and also increases by 3.7 per cent. the maximum payable by way of allowances under section 173(4) (financial loss allowance) of that Act.

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