Amendment of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 19732.

(1)

The Local Government (Scotland) Act 19732 is amended in accordance with this regulation.

(2)

In section 47 (allowances for attending conferences and meetings)3–

(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paragraph (a) is repealed;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subsection (3) is repealed; and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in subsection (1), paragraph (a) is repealed.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”.