Remuneration
8.—(1) Save as provided for in sub-paragraph (2), no remuneration is to be payable by the Combined Authority to its members other than allowances for travel and subsistence.
(2) The Combined Authority may only pay an allowance to the Mayor or to a member or substitute member of the Combined Authority if—
(a)the Combined Authority has considered a report published by an independent remuneration panel established by one or more of the constituent councils under regulation 20 of the Local Authorities (Members’ Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003(1) which contains recommendations for such an allowance; and
(b)the allowance paid by the Combined Authority does not exceed the amount specified in the recommendation made by the independent remuneration panel.