The Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Association of London Government” means the body known by that name and established on 1st April 2000 as a joint committee by the London borough councils and the Corporation of the City of London;

“basic allowance” has the same meaning as in regulation 4 of these Regulations;

“co-optees' allowance” has the same meaning as in regulation 9 of these Regulations;

“dependants' carers' allowance” has the same meaning as in regulation 7 of these Regulations;

“independent remuneration panel” means a panel or joint panel established under regulation 20 of these Regulations;

“local government elector” means a person entitled to vote as an elector at a local government election in accordance with section 2 of the Representation of the People Act 1983(1);

“parish basic allowance” has the same meaning as in regulation 25 of these Regulations;

“parish remuneration panel” means a panel or joint panel established under regulation 27 of these Regulations;

“parish travelling and subsistence allowance” has the same meaning as in regulation 26 of these Regulations;

“political group” means a group constituted in accordance with regulation 8 of the Local Government (Committees and Political Groups) Regulations 1990(2);

“proper officer” shall be construed in accordance with section 270(3) of the Local Government Act 1972(3);

“recommendation” means a recommendation made by a panel in accordance with regulations 21 and 28;

“the scheme” means the scheme for the payment of allowances made in accordance with Parts 2 and 3 of these Regulations;

“special responsibility allowance” has the same meaning as in regulation 5 of these Regulations;

“travelling and subsistence allowance” has the same meaning as in regulation 8 of these Regulations;

“unitary county council” means a county council for an area for which there is no district council; and

“year” means—

(a)

the period beginning on the date of the coming into force of these Regulations and ending on 31st March 2004; and

(b)

any period of 12 months ending on 31st March in any year after 2004.

(1)

1983 c. 2; section 2 was substituted by section 1(1) of the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2).

(2)

S.I. 1990/1553, amended by S.I. 1991/1398.

(3)

1972 c. 70.