PART 8

MEMBERS: PAYMENTS AND PENSIONS

Payments by relevant authorities

Members wishing to forgo payments
154
1
This section applies if a member of a relevant authority elects, by notice in writing given to the proper officer of the authority, to forgo (either completely or to the extent specified in the notice) entitlement to payments in respect of such relevant matters as are specified in the notice.
2
The requirement imposed on the authority by an annual report to make payments in respect of such relevant matters as are specified in the notice does not apply in the case of that member (or does not apply in that case to the extent specified in the notice); and section 153(1) is to be read accordingly.
3
“Proper officer” has the meaning given in section 270(3) of the Local Government Act 1972.