1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) Regulations 1991.
(2) This Part (except for regulation 3) and Parts II to IV of these Regulations shall come into force on 1st March 1991.
(3) The remainder of these Regulations shall come into force on 1st April 1991.
2. In these Regulations–
“the 1972 Act” means the Local Government Act 1972;
“the 1985 Act” means the Local Government Act 1985(1);
“the 1989 Act” means the Local Government and Housing Act 1989;
“joint authority” means an authority established under Part IV of the 1985 Act;
“year” means the 12 months ending with 31st March.
3. The following bodies (being bodies on which a body to which sections 174 and 175 of the 1972 Act apply by virtue of section 177(1)(a) of that Act is represented) are prescribed pursuant to section 177(1)(b) of the 1972 Act–
(a)a joint committee of two or more local authorities, whether appointed or established under Part VI of that Act or any other enactment;
(b)a joint education committee established under paragraph 3 of Part IIof Schedule 1 to the Education Act 1944(2); and
(c)the Cheshire Brine Subsidence Compensation Board.
4. For the purposes of section 18 of the 1989 Act, a member of a joint authority who is appointed to that authority by a metropolitan district council, a London borough council, Northumberland County Council or the Common Council of the City of London shall be treated as if he were a councillor, and references in Parts II to IV to councillors shall be construed accordingly.
1944 c. 31; paragraph 3 of Part II of Schedule 1 was amended by S.I. 1964/490, article 3(2)(a).