PART 5PARISH COUNCILS

Parish remuneration panels

27.—(1) A parish remuneration panel may be established—

(a)by a responsible authority and shall make recommendations in respect of the authorities for which the establishing authority is the responsible authority; or

(b)jointly by any responsible authorities and shall make recommendations in respect of the authorities for which the establishing authorities are the responsible authorities.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a parish remuneration panel shall consist of those persons who are also members of the independent remuneration panel which exercises functions in respect of the establishing authority or authorities.

(3) A parish remuneration panel shall not include any member who is also a member of an authority in respect of which it makes recommendations or is a member of a committee or sub-committee of such an authority.

(4) The authorities in respect of which a parish remuneration panel established under paragraph (1) makes recommendations shall each pay to the parish remuneration panel an equal share of the amount of the expenses incurred by that panel in carrying out that panel’s functions.