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Reimbursement of expenditure incurred on approved duties

4.—(1) A member of a local authority shall be entitled to receive payments from that authority by way of reimbursement of travel, subsistence or other expenditure incurred by that member (whether the expenditure is incurred inside or outside the United Kingdom) if all the requirements stated in paragraph (2) are met.

(2) The requirements are that–

(a)the expenditure on travel, or as the case may be on subsistence or in respect of other expenditure, is expenditure that is reasonably incurred by the member for the purpose of enabling them to perform any approved duty as a member of the local authority;

(b)the expenditure is of a type described in Schedule 2; and

(c)the expenditure is receipted (apart from road and bridge tolls).

(3) Where expenditure is of a type described in Schedule 2, the expenditure shall be payable to the member by the local authority in accordance with the provisions in this regulation, but not exceeding (for expenditure incurred inside the United Kingdom) such rates as are stated opposite each type of expenditure in Schedule 2.