http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/46/section/5Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 1963An Act to extend the powers of local authorities to defray expenses incurred by their members and officers, or by other members of their committees or sub-committees, and to contribute or subscribe to other local authorities and to bodies having activities connected with local government; to authorise certain expenditure by local authorities for the benefit of their areas or inhabitants but not otherwise authorised; to make further provision with respect to borrowing by local authorities, the management of local authority debt, the application by local authorities of capital funds, renewal and repair funds, unexpended balances of loans and capital money received by way of financial adjustment; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.1975-06-01texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2015-09-241991-02-01 5Nothing in any enactment, . . . providing for the payment by a local authority of expenses of their members shall be taken to limit the power of the local authority to defray expenses properly incurred by an officer of the authority as such.Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), s. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. VIII