Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 1483

The Local Government (Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1987

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1987 No. 1483

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Local Government (Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1987

Made	16th August 1987

Laid before Parliament

25th August 1987

Coming into force

15th September 1987

The Secretary of State for the Environment in relation to England, and the Secretary of State for Wales in relation to Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 173, 177(1)(f) and 177A of the Local Government Act 1972^[1], and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

    1.    These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 15th September 1987.

    2.    In these Regulations "the principal Regulations" means the Local Government (Allowances) Regulations 1986^[2].

    3.—(1)  For regulations 3 and 4 of the principal Regulations there is substituted:—
    "3.—(1)  The prescribed amount of attendance allowance shall be £17.55 for any period of 24 hours beginning at 3 a.m.

    (2)  The prescribed amount of financial loss allowance shall be:
(a) £13.75 for any period not exceeding 4 hours;

(b) £27.50 for any period exceeding 4 hours but not exceeding 24 hours;

(c) for a period exceeding 24 hours £27.50 for each period of 24 hours plus the amount specified above appropriate to the remainder of the period.



    4.—(1)  The rate which a special responsibility allowance shall not exceed in any financial year beginning with the financial year ending on 31st March 1988 is:—
(a) in the case of a principal council belonging to the description of councils in paragraph 8(e) of Schedule 1 hereto, £500, and

(b) in any other case, one third of the total amount which that principal council may pay in that year by way of such allowances or £4,965 whichever is the less.


    (2)  The total amount payable by a principal council by way of special responsibility allowances in any financial year beginning with the financial year ending on 31st March 1988 shall not exceed the figure specified in Schedule 1 hereto in respect of that council or the description of councils to which it belongs."




    (2)  For Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the replacement Schedule 1 set out in the Schedule hereto.

    4.    Paragraph 10 of Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations is revoked.

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Notes:

[1] 1972 c. 70: sections 173A and 177A were inserted by, and sections 173 and 178 were amended by sections 24 and 26 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65). Section 173A was amended by section 7 of the Miscellaneous Financial Provisions Act 1983 (c. 29). Sections 177 and 177A were amended by paragraphs 19 and 20 of Schedule 14 to the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51), and section 177 was further amended by section 11 of the Local Government Act 1986 (c. 10).

[2] S.I. 1986/724.

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