Amendment of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
2.—(1) The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973(1) is amended in accordance with this regulation.
(2) In section 47 (allowances for attending conferences and meetings)(2)–
(a)in subsection (1)–
(i)paragraph (a) is repealed;
(ii)in paragraph (b), for “any other body” substitute “any body”; and
(iii)for “the authority or other body” substitute “the body”;
(b)subsection (3) is repealed; and
(c)in subsection (3A), for “and convened as mentioned in subsection (3) above” substitute “inside or outside the United Kingdom and convened by any person or body (other than a person or body convening it in the course of a trade or business or a body the objects of which are wholly or partly political)”.
(3) In section 48 (payment of expenses of official and courtesy visits, etc.)–
(a)in subsection (1)(a), after “expenses” insert “receipted and”; and
(b)in subsection (2), for “travelling allowance or subsistence allowance under section 46 of this Act” substitute “any allowances and reimbursement of expenditure by virtue of regulations made under section 11 of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004”.
(4) In section 49 (provisions supplementary to sections 45 to 48)–
(a)in subsection (1), paragraph (a) is repealed.
(b)in subsection (3), omit “local authority or other”.
Section 47 was amended by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (“the 1989 Act”), Schedule 11, and the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), Schedules 13 and 14. Section 47(3A) was added by the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65), section 25(5) and amended by section 194(1) and Schedule 11, paragraph 34 of the 1989 Act.