Regulation 3 Amendment of the principal Regulations

For regulations 3 and 4 of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following regulations —

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(1)

The prescribed amount of attendance allowance shall be £21.00 for any period of 24 hours beginning at 3 am.

(2)

The prescribed amount of financial loss allowance shall be:

(a)

£17.65 for any period not exceeding 4 hours;

(b)

£35.30 for any period exceeding 4 hours but not exceeding 24 hours;

(c)

for a period exceeding 24 hours, £35.30 for each period of 24 hours plus the amount specified above which is appropriate to the remainder of the period.

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(1)

The rate which a special responsibility allowance shall not exceed in any financial year beginning with the financial year ending on 31st March 1991 is:—

(a)

in the case of a principal council within the description of councils in paragraph 7(e) of Schedule 1 hereto, £605; and

(b)

in any other case, one third of the total amount which the council concerned may pay in that year by way of such allowances or £6,010, whichever is the less.

(2)

The total amount payable by a principal council by way of special responsibility allowances in any financial year beginning with the financial year ending on 31st March 1991 shall not exceed the figure specified in Schedule 1 hereto in respect of that council or the description of councils to which it belongs.”.

For Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.