The Local Authorities Etc. (Allowances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998

Made17th December 1998

Laid before Parliament23rd December 1998

Coming into force14th January 1999

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 45(4), 47 and 235(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 19731 and sections 18 and 190(1) of the Local Government and Housing Act 19892 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities Etc. (Allowances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 14th January 1999.

Amendment of Regulations

2

The Local Authorities Etc. (Allowances) (Scotland) Regulations 19953 shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 5 below.

3

In regulation 20–

a

in paragraph (a), for “£23.58” there shall be substituted “£24.29”; and

b

in each of paragraphs (b) and (c), for “£47.16” there shall be substituted “£48.57”.

4

In regulation 21, for “£27.70” there shall be substituted “£28.53”.

5

In column (2) of Schedule 2–

a

for “6,344” there shall be substituted “6,534”;

b

for “5,815” there shall be substituted “5,989”; and

c

for “5,286” there shall be substituted “5,445”.

Revocation6

The Local Authorities Etc. (Allowances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 19974 are hereby revoked.

Henry McLeishMinister of State, Scottish OfficeSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh17th December 1998

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Local Authorities Etc. (Allowances) (Scotland) Regulations 1995, which make provision as to the payment of allowances of various sorts to members of Scottish local authorities and joint boards. The amendments all concern increases in the maximum amounts payable by way of allowances.