13.—(1) Sections 112 to 115 and 117 of the Local Government Act 1948 and any regulations for the time being having effect under the said section 117 shall apply, with the necessary modifications, to the Authority and their members as if the Authority were a body to which Part VI of that Act applies, for the purpose of regulating the allowances which members of the Authority are to be entitled to be paid or which they may be paid in respect of loss suffered or expenditure incurred for the purpose of enabling them to perform approved duty as defined in the said section 115 as applied to the Authority as aforesaid.
(2) The following expenses of members of the Authority, or of any committee or sub-committee thereof, that is to say—
(a)any reasonable expenses incurred in attending a conference or meeting convened for the purpose of discussing any matter connected with the discharge of the functions of the Authority or the Executive,
(b)subject to paragraph (3) of this Article, any travelling or other expenses properly incurred in making official or courtesy visits (whether inside or outside the United Kingdom) on behalf of the Authority,
(c)any expenses incurred in the reception or entertainment by way of official courtesy of—
(i)distinguished persons residing in the designated area or visiting that area, or
(ii)persons representative of, or connected with, associations or organisations concerned with public passenger transport, whether inside or outside the United Kingdom,
shall be defrayed by the Executive.
(3) The amount to be defrayed by the Executive under paragraph (2)(b) of this Article in respect of expenses incurred by a member of the Authority in connection with a visit within the United Kingdom shall not exceed the payments which the member would have been entitled to receive by way of travelling allowance or subsistence allowance under section 113 of the Local Government Act 1948, if the making of the visit had been an approved duty of the member within the meaning of that section as applied by paragraph (1) of this Article.
(4) Section 114(3) of the Local Government Act 1948 shall have effect in relation to the power to defray expenses conferred by paragraph (2)(a) of this Article as if any such conference or meeting as is mentioned in the said paragraph (2)(a) were included in paragraph (c) of the definition of “approved duty” in section 115 of the said Act of 1948.
(5) The provisions of this Article shall apply in relation to deputies for members of the Authority, when acting as deputies, as they apply in relation to the members themselves.