{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-governance-scotland-act-2004-remuneration-amendment-regulations-2025/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-governance-scotland-act-2004-remuneration-amendment-regulations-2025/regulation-2.json",
  "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",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (Remuneration) Regulations 2007",
  "text": "(1) The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (Remuneration) Regulations 2007 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (7).\n(2) For the table in regulation 6(2) (remuneration of the Leader of the Council) substitute—\n“\n(a)\nBand B – £50,063\n(b)\nBand C– £60,791\n(c)\nBand D – £71,519.\n”.\n(3) For the table in regulation 7(2) (remuneration of the Civic Head) substitute—\n“\n(a)\nBand B – £37,548\n(b)\nBand C – £45,594\n(c)\nBand D – £53,640.\n”.\n(4) In regulation 8(2) (remuneration and number of Senior Councillors)—\n(a) for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—\n“(a) 10, for each of the following—\nClackmannanshire Council\nComhairle nan Eilean Siar\nEast Lothian Council\nEast Renfrewshire Council\nInverclyde Council\nMidlothian Council\nMoray Council\nOrkney Islands Council\nShetland Islands Council\nStirling Council\nWest Dunbartonshire Council;”,\n(b) omit sub-paragraphs (b) and (c).\n(5) In regulation 9 (amount of remuneration of Senior Councillors) for paragraph (3) substitute—\n“(3) The maximum yearly amount that may be paid to a Senior Councillor is as follows, depending on the banding of a local authority—\n(a)\nBand B – £37,548\n(b)\nBand C – £45,594\n(c)\nBand D – £53,640.\n”.\n(6) In regulation 10 (Councillors’ remuneration) for “£21,345” substitute “£25,982”.\n(6A) In regulation 12 (joint boards)—\n(a) in paragraph (8) (which concerns the total yearly amount to be paid to the convener of a joint board) for “£26,686” substitute “£28, 207”,\n(b) in paragraph (9) (which concerns the total yearly amount to be paid to the vice-convener of a joint board)—\n(i) omit “of” where it second occurs,\n(ii) for “£25,352” substitute “£26,797”.\n(7) In the schedule (banding of local authorities for remuneration arrangements)—\n(a) omit the list under the heading “Band A”,\n(b) for the list under the heading “Band B” substitute—\n“Angus Council\nArgyll and Bute Council\nClackmannanshire Council\nComhairle nan Eilean Siar\nDumfries and Galloway Council\nDundee City Council\nEast Ayrshire Council\nEast Dunbartonshire Council\nEast Lothian Council\nEast Renfrewshire Council\nFalkirk Council\nInverclyde Council\nMidlothian Council\nMoray Council\nNorth Ayrshire Council\nOrkney Islands Council\nPerth and Kinross Council\nRenfrewshire Council\nScottish Borders Council\nShetland Islands Council\nStirling Council\nSouth Ayrshire Council\nWest Dunbartonshire Council\nWest Lothian Council”.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sum in reg. 2(3) substituted (31.3.2025) by The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (Remuneration) Amendment (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/36), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sum in reg. 2(5) substituted (31.3.2025) by The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (Remuneration) Amendment (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/36), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 2(6A) inserted (31.3.2025) by The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (Remuneration) Amendment (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/36), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 1.4.2025, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2007/183, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2024/24."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/8/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:37:21.982170+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."
}