The Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) Regulations 1991

PART IV SCHEMES – FURTHER PROVISION

Amount of allowances etc.

13.  A scheme under Part II shall specify in respect of any year to which it relates–

(a) the amount of the entitlement by way of basic allowance;

(b) the amount of the entitlement by way of special responsibility allowance; and where different amounts apply to different responsibilities, the amount applicable to each;

(c) the rates applicable to payments by way of attendance allowance (where the scheme provides for that allowance).

Elections

14.  A scheme under Part II shall provide that a member may, by notice in writing given to the proper officer of the authority, elect to forgo any part of his entitlement to an allowance under the scheme.

Claims and payments

15.—(1) A scheme under Part II shall provide that a claim for an attendance allowance under the scheme shall be made within two months of the date on which the duty in respect of which the entitlement to the allowance arises is carried out.

(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall prevent an authority from making a payment where the allowance is not claimed within the period specified in the scheme.

(3) A scheme under Part II may provide for payments of allowances to be made at such times as may be specified in it, and different times may be specified for different allowances.