Local Government Act 1972

175 Allowances for attending conferences and meetings. E+W

(1) The following bodies, that is to say—

(a) any local authority;

(b) any other body to which this section applies and which has power by virtue of any enactment to send representatives to any conference or meeting to which this section applies;

may pay any member of the authority or other body attending any such conference or meeting such [F1 allowances in the nature of an attendance allowance and an allowance for travelling and subsistence, as they think fit.]

[F1 (1A) Payments made under subsection (1) above shall be of such reasonable amounts as the body in question may determine in a particular case or class of case but shall not exceed—

(a) in the case of payments of an allowance in the nature of an attendance allowance, such amounts as may be specified in or determined under regulations made by the Secretary of State; and

(b) in the case of payments of an allowance in the nature of an allowance for travel and subsistence in respect of a conference or meeting held in the United Kingdom, such amounts as may be specified under section 174 above for the corresponding allowance under that section;

and regulations made by the Secretary of State may make it a condition of any payment mentioned in paragraph (a) above that, in the financial year to which the payment would relate, the aggregate amount which the body in question has paid or is already liable to pay in respect of any prescribed allowance or allowances does not exceed such maximum amount as may be specified in or determined under the regulations.]

(2) Where a body mentioned in subsection (1)(b) above has power under any enactment other than this Act or any instrument under such an enactment to pay expenses incurred in attending a conference or meeting to which this section applies, the amount payable under that enactment or instrument shall not exceed the amount which would be payable in respect of the attendance under that subsection.

(3) In relation to a local authority this section applies to a conference or meeting held 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) for the purpose of discussing matters which in their opinion relate to the interests of their area or any part of it or the interests of the inhabitants of their area or any part of it.

[F2 (3B) [F3 In relation to any][F4 such body as is mentioned in section 177(1)(d) or (e) below][F4 body which is a joint board, joint authority or other combined body all the members of which are representatives of local authorities] this section applies to a conference or meeting held and convened as mentioned in subsection (3) above for the purpose of discussing matters which in the body’s opinion relate—

(a) to the functions of the body; or

(b) to any functions of local authorities in which the body has an interest.]

(4) In relation to any other body to which this section applies this section applies to a conference or meeting convened by one or more such bodies or by an association of such bodies.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words and s. 175(1A) substituted (1.4.1990 in so far as the substituting provision confers a power to make regulations on the Secretary of State but otherwiseprosp.: S.I. 1990/431, art. 4) by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 194(1), Sch. 11 para. 27(a)

F2 S. 175(3B) inserted by virtue of Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65, SIF 81:1), s. 25(3) and Water Act 1983 (c. 23, SIF 130) s. 11(2), Sch. 4 para. 7

F3 Words inserted by virtue of Water Act 1983 (c. 23, SIF 130), s. 11(2), Sch. 4 para. 7

F4 Words commencing “body which is” substituted (prosp.) for words commencing “such body as is” by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 194(1), Sch. 11 para. 27(b)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 175 modified by S.I. 1987/2110, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 5