Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 1381 (S.101)
The Local Authorities (Allowances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1987
(The document as of February, 2008)
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1987 No. 1381 (S.101)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND
The Local Authorities (Allowances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1987
| Laid before Parliament | 11th August 1987 |
| Coming into force | 1st September 1987 |
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 45, 49A, 50 and 235 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973[1], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Allowances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1987.
(2) These Regulations shall come into force on 1st September 1987.
Increase in rates of attendance allowance and financial loss allowance
2. In regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Allowances) (Scotland) Regulations 1975[2]— (a) in paragraph (1) (which prescribes the rate of attendance allowance) for "£16.70" there shall be substituted "£17.55", and
(b) in paragraph (2) (which prescribes the rate of financial loss allowance) at sub-paragraph (a) for "£12.70" there shall be substituted "£13.75" and at sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) for "£25.40" where it occurs, there shall be substituted "£27.50".
Increase in rates of special responsibility allowance
3. The Local Authorities (Allowances) (Scotland) Regulations 1975 shall be further amended as follows:— (a) in paragraph (1) of regulation 3A (which prescribes the maximum rate of special responsibility allowance) at sub-paragraph (a) for "£4,775" there shall be substituted "£4,965" and at sub-paragraph (b) for "£480" in both cases where it occurs there shall be substituted "£500", and
(b) for any amount specified in Schedule 2 which is mentioned in column 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations there shall be substituted the amount set opposite thereto in column 3 of the Schedule to these Regulations.
Revocation
4. The Local Authorities (Allowances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1986[3] are hereby revoked.
James Douglas-Hamilton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,Scottish Office
New St. Andrew's House, Edinburgh
31st July 1987
Notes:[1] 1973 c. 65; section 45 was amended by section 60 of the Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 43); section 49A was inserted and section 50 amended by section 26 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65); section 235 contains a definition of "prescribed" relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.
[2] S.I. 1975/686; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1981/333 and 1986/588.
[3] S.I. 1986/588.
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