15.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a member shall be entitled to receive payments by way of travel allowance or subsistence allowance at rates determined for each year by the fire authority where expenditure on travel or subsistence is necessarily incurred by that member in the performance of an approved duty as a member.
(2) The rates of allowance determined for a year under paragraph (1) for travel by means of a private motor vehicle shall not exceed the rates of the equivalent allowances payable for that year to members of the National Assembly for Wales.
(3) Any claim for payment of travel and subsistence allowances under this Part (excluding claims for travel by means of a private motor vehicle) shall be accompanied by appropriate receipts proving actual expenditure and shall additionally comply with any requirement or limitation that an authority may determine.
(4) Where a member is suspended or partially suspended from that member’s responsibilities or duties as a member in accordance with Part III of the 2000 Act or regulations made under that Part, travel or subsistence allowance payable to that member in respect of the period for which that member is suspended or partially suspended shall be withheld by the fire authority.