1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st May 2003.
(2) These Regulations apply in England only(1).
The Secretary of State’s functions under sections 18 and 190 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales are transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672); see the entry in Schedule 1 for the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 and see section 106(3) of the Local Government Act 2000. See also section 100(7) of the Local Government Act 2000 for the power of the National Assembly for Wales to make regulations in relation to allowances. The Secretary of State’s functions under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, so far as exercisable in relation to Scotland, are now functions of the relevant Scottish minister by virtue of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).