C1C2PART 8F1...PAYMENTS AND PENSIONS

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Amendments (Textual)
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C1

Pt. 8 applied (with modifications) (25.1.2016) by Local Government (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 6), ss. 25(3)(4), 46(1)

C2

Pt. 8 applied (with modifications) (21.1.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 142(3)(4)(5), 143, 175(1)(f)(2)

Payments by relevant authorities

155Withholding payments

I21

A relevant authority must not make payments in respect of relevant matters or a relevant pension to a person who is suspended or partially suspended from being a member of the authority by virtue of Part 3 of the Local Government Act 2000 (conduct of local government members etc.).

I1I32

The Welsh Ministers may, in such other cases as they consider appropriate, direct a relevant authority not to make payments (including in respect of pensions) in respect of such relevant matters as are specified in the direction.

I1I33

Before giving a direction under subsection (2), the Welsh Ministers must consult the Panel.

I1I34

A direction under subsection (2) is enforceable by mandatory order on the application of the Welsh Ministers.

I45

A relevant authority may require the repayment of payments made in respect of relevant matters or a relevant pension to a person in respect of a period during which that person was not entitled to receive the payment for any reason, including (but not limited to) any of the following reasons—

a

the payments were made in breach of the prohibition in subsection (1);

b

the payments were made in breach of a direction under subsection (2);

c

the person had ceased to be a member of the authority.