The Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003

Application of this Part

24.  Any reference in this Part—

(a) to an authority is, unless otherwise specified, a reference to a parish council;

(b) to a member is, unless otherwise specified, a reference to an elected member of a parish council;

(c) to a responsible authority is, in relation to a parish council, a reference to the district council or unitary county council—

(i) where the parish council is the council for one parish, in whose area the parish council is situated; or

(ii) where the parish council is the council for a group of parishes(1), in whose area all the parishes in the group are situated or, where that is not the case, in whose area the greatest number of local government electors for the parishes in the group is situated; and

(d) to an establishing authority is, in relation to a parish remuneration panel, a reference to the responsible authority that established that parish remuneration panel.

(1)

See section 11 of the Local Government Act 1972 for the procedure by which parish councils may be grouped.