Section 113E Allowances for members with special responsibilitiesF1

A combined authority may—

A combined authority may only make a scheme if—

A combined authority which has made a scheme under this section must produce and publish reports on the allowances paid under the scheme (including their amounts).

In exercising the powers conferred by this section, or complying with the duty to produce and publish reports, a combined authority must take account of any guidance issued for this purpose by the Secretary of State.

In deciding the terms of a report produced for the purposes of this section, a relevant remuneration panel must take account of any guidance issued for this purpose by the Secretary of State.

If a member of a combined authority is entitled to be paid—

in respect of the same special responsibilities, the amount payable under this section is to be reduced by the amount payable by the constituent council (and the amount payable under this section is to be reduced to nil if it is smaller than the amount payable by the constituent council).

An order under section 104(1)(a) (about the constitutional arrangements of a combined authority) may not prevent or otherwise affect the exercise of the power to pay an allowance under this section; but this section does not otherwise limit the power conferred by section 104(1)(a).

In this section—

• “relevant remuneration panel” means a panel that is specified, or of a description specified, in an order made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this section;

• “special responsibilities” in relation to a member of combined authority, means any responsibilities which the member has in addition to the general responsibilities of being a member of the combined authority.