Transitional provisions
17.—(1) Notwithstanding regulation 33, any scheme made by an authority in accordance with the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) regulations 1991(1) as amended shall continue in force up to and including 29th September 2003 or until a new scheme in accordance with these Regulations is made by the authority, if sooner.
(2) An authority shall make a scheme in accordance with these Regulations on or prior to 30th September 2003.
(3) Where an authority first makes a scheme in accordance with these Regulations it shall revoke any previous scheme for the payment of allowances and ensure that the scheme made in accordance with these Regulations takes effect on the date that the revocation of the previous scheme takes effect.
(4) Subject to paragraph (5), any scheme made by an authority in accordance with these Regulations between the coming into force of these Regulations and 30th September 2003 may make provision for any allowance payable in accordance with such a scheme to be payable as if the scheme had been in force with effect from 1st May 2003.
(5) Any provision made in accordance with paragraph (4) shall not permit a member to receive a greater amount in total under the provisions of that scheme and any previous scheme, in respect of any duty carried out between the coming into force of these Regulations and the making of a scheme in accordance with these Regulations, than he would have received had the scheme been in effect from the 1st May 2003.