2(1)Section 18 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (schemes for allowances for local authority members) is amended as follows.
(2)Omit subsections (1) to (3), (3B), (3D), (3E) and (3G) to (6).
(3)For subsection (3A) (power of Welsh Ministers to make regulations enabling local authorities to determine entitlement to gratuities), substitute—
“(3A)Regulations may be made by the Welsh Ministers to make provision for or in connection with—
(a)enabling county councils or county borough councils to determine which members of the council are to be entitled to gratuities,
(b)treating such payments relating to relevant matters (within the meaning of Part 8 of the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011) as may be specified in the regulations as amounts in respect of which such gratuities are payable.”.