{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-members-allowances-england-regulations-2003/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-members-allowances-england-regulations-2003/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1021",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-members-allowances-england-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Association of London Government” means the body known by that name and established on 1st April 2000 as a joint committee by the London borough councils and the Corporation of the City of London;\n“basic allowance” has the same meaning as in regulation 4 of these Regulations;\n“co-optees' allowance” has the same meaning as in regulation 9 of these Regulations;\n“dependants' carers' allowance” has the same meaning as in regulation 7 of these Regulations;\n“independent remuneration panel” means a panel or joint panel established under regulation 20 of these Regulations;\n“local government elector” means a person entitled to vote as an elector at a local government election in accordance with section 2 of the Representation of the People Act 1983;\n“parish basic allowance” has the same meaning as in regulation 25 of these Regulations;\n“parish remuneration panel” means a panel or joint panel established under regulation 27 of these Regulations;\n“parish travelling and subsistence allowance” has the same meaning as in regulation 26 of these Regulations;\n“political group” means a group constituted in accordance with regulation 8 of the Local Government (Committees and Political Groups) Regulations 1990;\n“proper officer” shall be construed in accordance with section 270(3) of the Local Government Act 1972;\n“recommendation” means a recommendation made by a panel in accordance with regulations 21 and 28;\n“the scheme” means the scheme for the payment of allowances made in accordance with Parts 2 and 3 of these Regulations;\n“special responsibility allowance” has the same meaning as in regulation 5 of these Regulations;\n“travelling and subsistence allowance” has the same meaning as in regulation 8 of these Regulations;\n“unitary county council” means a county council for an area for which there is no district council; and\n“year” means—\n(a) the period beginning on the date of the coming into force of these Regulations and ending on 31st March 2004; and\n(b) any period of 12 months ending on 31st March in any year after 2004.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 1.5.2003, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 2; section 2 was substituted by section 1(1) of the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1990/1553, amended by S.I. 1991/1398."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1972 c. 70."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1021/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:26:25.763552+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}