(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision with respect to—
(a)allowances payable to members of a parish council,
(b)travelling and subsistence allowances payable to members of such relevant authorities as may be prescribed,
(c)allowances payable to members of such relevant authorities as may be prescribed for attending conferences or meetings,
(d)the reimbursement of expenses incurred by members of such relevant authorities as may be prescribed.
(2)For the purposes of this section a member of a committee or sub-committee of a relevant authority is to be treated as a member of the authority.
(3)The provision which may be made under subsection (1)(b) includes provision with respect to allowances in respect of travel by bicycle or by any other non-motorised form of transport.
(4)The provision which may be made under this section includes provision which amends or repeals any provisions of sections 173 to 178 of the M1Local Government Act 1972.
(5)Before making any regulations under this section, the Secretary of State must consult such representatives of local government and such other persons (if any) as he considers appropriate.
(6)In this section—
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State,
“relevant authority” means—
a body specified in section 21(1) of the M2Local Government and Housing Act 1989,
a body on which a body falling within paragraph (a) is represented,
a parish council.
(7)In its application to Wales this section has effect as if—
(a)for any reference to the Secretary of State there were substituted a reference to the National Assembly for Wales,
(b)for any reference to a parish council there were substituted a reference to a community council.
Commencement Information
I1S. 100 wholly in force at 19.2.2001; s. 100 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 108; s. 100 in force at 1.11.2000 in relation to Wales by S.I. 2000/2948, art. 2; s. 100 in force at 19.2.2001 in relation to England only by S.I. 2001/415, art. 2(b)
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