Local Government (Payments to Councillors) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

6.—(1) If a councillor or committee member uses a private motor vehicle in preference to a public service, or where a public service is not available, the rates per mile payable shall be determined by the council in respect of the types of vehicles specified in sub-paragraph (2).

(2) The types of vehicles specified for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) are—

(a) a pedal cycle;

(b) a solo motor cycle of cylinder capacity not exceeding 149cc;

(c) a solo motor cycle of cylinder capacity exceeding 149cc but not exceeding 499cc;

(d) a solo motor cycle exceeding 499cc cylinder capacity or a motor cycle with a sidecar;

(e) a motor car or tri-car of cylinder capacity not exceeding 450cc;

(f) a motor car or tri-car of cylinder capacity exceeding 450cc but not exceeding 999cc;

(g) a motor car or tri-car of cylinder capacity exceeding 999cc but not exceeding 1,199cc; and

(h) a motor car or tri-car of cylinder capacity exceeding 1,199cc.

(3) The rates payable under sub-paragraph (1) may be increased—

(a) where other councillors or committee members are conveyed in the same vehicle on the business of the council, by an additional rate per mile determined by the council for the carriage of each additional passenger;

(b) by not more than the amount of any expenditure incurred on tolls, ferries or parking fees; or

(c) in the case of an absence overnight from the usual place of residence, by an amount determined by the council for garaging a motor car, tri-car, or a motor vehicle of any other type, but not exceeding the amount actually paid by the councillor or committee member.

(4) For the purpose of this paragraph, cylinder capacity shall be calculated in the manner prescribed by regulation 43 of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002(1), provided that where the engine of a car has been rebored the calculation shall be based on the engine as it was when new.

(1)

S.I. 2002/2742