15.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a member is entitled to receive payments by way of travelling and subsistence allowances at rates determined each year by the authority where expenditure on travel or subsistence is necessarily incurred by that member in the performance of an approved duty as a member of the authority.
(2) The rates of allowances determined for a year by an authority under paragraph (1) must not, subject to regulation 20, exceed the rates for travelling and subsistence allowances prescribed by the Panel for that authority in—
(a)other than where sub-paragraph (b) applies, the initial report in pursuance of regulation 34(1)(b)(iv) and (v);
(b)a supplementary report, the relevant provisions of which for the time being apply.
(3) Where a member is suspended or partially suspended from that member’s responsibilities or duties as a member in accordance with Part III of the Local Government Act 2000 or regulations made under that Part, travelling and subsistence allowances payable to that member in respect of the responsibilities or duties from which that member is suspended or partially suspended must be withheld by the authority.