The Local Government (Assistants for Political Groups) (Remuneration) Order 1995

Statutory Instruments

1995 No. 2456

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

The Local Government (Assistants for Political Groups) (Remuneration) Order 1995

Made

18th September 1995

Laid before Parliament

28th September 1995

Coming into force

19th October 1995

The Secretary of State for the Environment as respects England, the Secretary of State for Wales as respects Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland as respects Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 9(4) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Assistants for Political Groups) (Remuneration) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 19th October 1995.

Specified maximum amount

2.  The amount specified for the purposes of section 9(3) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (assistants for political groups) is £25,044.

Revocation

3.  The Local Government (Assistants for Political Groups) (Remuneration) Order 1991(2) is hereby revoked.

Authorised by the Secretary of Stateto sign in that behalf

Paul Beresford

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment

4th September 1995

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Gwilym Jones

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

7th September 1995

George Kynoch

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

18th September 1995

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

One of the requirements relating to the terms on which a person is appointed to, or holds, an appointment in pursuance of section 9 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (assistants for political groups) is that the annual rate of remuneration for the post is less than £13,500 or such higher amount as the Secretary of State may specify by order.

This Order, which applies in England, Wales and Scotland, revokes the Local Government (Assistants for Political Groups) (Remuneration) Order 1991, by which the amount of £22,842 was specified, and specifies £25,044 as the relevant amount.

(1)

1989 c. 42.

(2)

S.I. 1991/2150.