http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/623/madeThe Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2000Local governmentKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2011-07-04LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND These Regulations further amend the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) Regulations 1991. They apply only in relation to local authorities in England. The Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2000RegulationsThe Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003reg. 33(1)(e)reg. 1(1) 2000 No. 623 LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND The Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (Amendment) (England) (<Abbreviation Expansion="Number">No.</Abbreviation> 2) Regulations 2000 Made 7th March 2000 Laid before Parliament 8th March 2000 Coming into force 1st April 2000 The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 173 and 270(1) of the Local Government Act 1972, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations: Citation, commencement and application 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000. 2 These Regulations apply to local authorities in England only. Increase of allowances 2 1 Regulation 18 of the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) Regulations 1991 is amended– a in paragraph (1) (attendance allowance), by the substitution, for “ £29.48”, of “£30.39”; and b in paragraph (2) (financial loss allowance)– i in sub-paragraph (a), by the substitution for “£26.24” of “ £27.65”; and ii in sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), by the substitution for “£52.49 ” of “£55.31”. 2 The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall have effect in respect of approved duties performed on or after 1st April 2000. Revocation 3 The Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 are revoked insofar as they relate to local authorities in England. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 7th March 2000 (This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) Regulations 1991. They apply only in relation to local authorities in England.

Regulation 2(1) increases by 3 per cent, from £29.48, to £30.39, the maximum which may be paid to parish and community councillors by way of attendance allowance under section 173(1) of the Local Government Act 1972. It also increases, by 5.1 per cent, the maxima which may be paid to parish and community councillors and to non-elected members of local authorities by way of allowances under section 173(4) (financial loss allowances) of that Act.

Regulation 2(2) provides for the increased allowances to have effect in respect of approved duties performed on or after 1st April 2000.

Regulation 3 revokes the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 insofar as they relate to local authorities in England.

1972 c. 70. Section 173 was amended by the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65), section 24(1), and by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42), Schedule 11, paragraph 26. See also the definition of “prescribed” in section 270 of the 1972 Act. The exercise, in relation to local authorities in Wales, of the powers conferred by section 173 of the Local Government Act 1972 is transferred to the Welsh Assembly under the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), Schedule 1. S.I. 1991/351; a relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1999/1087.