Social Security Administration Act 1992

2 (1) The Secretary of State may pay—

(a) to the chairman and other members of the Council, such salaries or other remuneration;

(b) to persons who are not members of the Council but who at the Council’s invitation are joined with its members as advisers at a Council meeting or a meeting of any committee of the Council held to consider questions on which they are specially qualified, such fees; and

(c) to the chairman and other members of the Council and to persons attending meetings at the Council’s request or attending meetings of any committee of the Council at the Council’s or committee’s request, such expenses and travelling and other allowances,

as the Secretary of State may with the consent of the Treasury determine.

(2) Any payment under paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (1) above may be made either in lieu of or in addition to any payment to the recipient under paragraph (c) of that sub-paragraph.

(3) Any payment under sub-paragraph (1)(b) above may be made either in lieu of or in addition to any expenses or travelling or other allowances payable to the recipient apart from that sub-paragraph.