Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947

Other Personal Expenses.

(a)

When attendance at the meeting has entailed absence from the ordinary place of residence of the member of not less than four hours, the sum of three shillings and fourpence.

(b)

Where such attendance has entailed an absence from the ordinary place of residence of the member of not less than eight hours, the sum of six shillings and eightpence.

(c)

Where such attendance has entailed one or more nights of absence from the ordinary place of residence of the member, the sum of one pound for each night necessarily spent away from home. Each such payment of one pound shall cover a period of twenty-four hours, and paragraph (a) or (b), as the case may be, shall apply in the case of any further period of absence of less than twenty-four hours.