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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-governance-scotland-act-2004-remuneration-amendment-regulations-2025/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2025/8",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (Remuneration) Amendment Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-governance-scotland-act-2004-remuneration-amendment-regulations-2025",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (Remuneration) Regulations 2007 (“the 2007 Regulations”). They substitute increased annual amounts for different categories of local authority remuneration to their members. They also provide for the local authorities currently falling under Band A in the schedule to be moved to Band B and for an increase to 10 of the maximum number of Senior Councillors in certain local authorities.\nRegulation 2(2) makes provision for Council Leaders’ remuneration.\nRegulation 2(3) provides new maximum levels for remuneration of Civic Heads. It is for each local authority to determine whether and to what extent such remuneration should be paid.\nRegulation 2(4) amends regulation 8(2) of the 2007 Regulations to expand the number of local authorities that may have a maximum of 10 senior councillors. This covers the existing local authority in Band B which has a maximum of 10 senior councillors (West Dunbartonshire Council), as well as each of the local authorities transferred from Band A to Band B by regulation 2(7) of these Regulations.\nRegulation 2(5) sets out, on the face of the 2007 Regulations, the maximum amounts that may be paid to Senior Councillors of councils in the different bandings. This replaces the earlier approach of expressing in regulation 9 the maximum amount as a per centage of the total amount payable to the Leader of the Council for any given local authority.\nRegulation 2(6) sets new levels for Councillors’ remuneration.\nRegulation 2(7) removes the local authorities listed in Band A, moving them instead to Band B.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/8/note",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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