The Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions)(Salaries and Allowances) Order 1999

Expenses of members of the Parliament

9.—(1) The Parliamentary corporation may, on an application for the purpose made to it by a member of the Parliament in accordance with paragraph (2), make payments to that member by way of reimbursement of any accommodation expenses and travelling expenses necessarily incurred by that member on or after 7th May 1999 in attending any meeting of the Parliament, or otherwise in performing his duties as a member of the Parliament.

(2) An application by a member of the Parliament under this article shall be made in writing and shall be accompanied by receipts, vouchers or other evidence of the incurring of the expenses in respect of which a payment is sought under this article.

(3) In this article–

“accommodation expenses” means the actual cost of any overnight stay in a hotel, up to such maximum amount per night as the Parliamentary corporation may determine;

“public transport” means any service or services provided to the public at large for the carriage of passengers by road, rail, air or sea; and

“travelling expenses” means–

(a)

the actual cost of any travel ticket purchased or fare paid in making a journey, or part of a journey, by public transport to or from any place in the United Kingdom; and

(b)

where such a journey, or any part thereof, is made by means of a motor vehicle owned, hired or wholly maintained by the member, such amount per mile travelled on the journey, or that part of the journey, by means of that vehicle as the Parliamentary corporation may determine.

(4) The Parliamentary corporation may make different determinations under paragraph (3) for different purposes or for different cases or different classes of case.