PART 5PARISH COUNCILS

Levels of allowances29

1

A parish remuneration panel may, in making its recommendations in accordance with regulations 27 and 28, either—

a

apply the same recommended levels of parish basic allowance and parish travelling and subsistence allowance to all the authorities in respect of which it was established; or

b

make different recommendations for different authorities.

2

A parish remuneration panel shall express its recommendation as to the level of parish basic allowance, in respect of a parish or parishes, as a percentage of the sum that an independent remuneration panel has recommended as the level of basic allowance for the establishing authority which is the responsible authority for that parish or parishes.

3

The percentage referred to in paragraph (2) may be one hundred per cent.

4

A parish remuneration panel shall also express its recommendation as to the level of parish basic allowance as a monetary sum being a monetary sum equivalent to the percentage expressed in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).