# The Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1997, Note: 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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/589/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-members-allowances-amendment-regulations-1997/note
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