The Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1995

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) Regulations 1991 (“the 1991 Regulations”), which provide for the circumstances in which allowances are to be payable to members of local authorities, and for the maximum amount to be payable in respect of certain allowances.

Regulation 2 amends regulation 9 of the 1991 Regulations so that authorities are empowered, rather than required, to make schemes which provide for the payment of special responsibility allowances to elected members. Regulation 4 removes financial restrictions on the amounts which may be payable under allowance schemes, and regulation 6 provides for the publication of allowance schemes within an authority’s area.

Regulation 3 amends regulation 10 of the 1991 Regulations to provide for circumstances (in addition to attendance at certain meetings) in which an attendance allowance may be payable to elected members.

Regulation 5 increases by 2.8 per cent. the maxima which may be payable to parish and community councillors and to non-elected members of local authorities by way of allowances under section 173(1) (attendance allowance) and section 175 (allowances in respect of attendance at conferences and meetings) of the Local Government Act 1972, and increases by 3.9 per cent. the maximum payable by way of allowances under section 173(4) (financial loss allowance) of that Act.