Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These regulations revoke and replace, with amendments, the Local Government (Payments to Councillors) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981 and the Local Government (Payments to Councillors) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1983.
The principal amendments are:—
(a)the introduction of the payment of a basic allowance to councillors (regulation 3);
(b)the exclusion of site visits from approved duty (regulation 2); and
(c)the introduction of a 3 month time limit on making claims for attendance allowance (regulation 7).