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Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 301 (S.35)

The Local Authorities (Allowances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1989

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1989 No. 301 (S.35)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

The Local Authorities (Allowances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1989

Made1st March 1989
Laid before Parliament10th March 1989
Coming into force1st April 1989

    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, commencement and interpretation
        1.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Allowances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 1st April 1989.

        (2)  In these Regulations, "the principal Regulations" means the Local Authorities (Allowances) (Scotland) Regulations 1975[2].
    Increase in rates of attendance allowance and financial loss allowance
        2.    In regulation 3 of the principal Regulations—
       (a) in paragraph (1) (which prescribes the rate of attendance allowance) for "£18.25" there shall be substituted "£19.50", and
       (b) in paragraph (2) (which prescribes the rate of financial loss allowance)—
         (i) in sub-paragraph (a) for "£14.85" there shall be substituted "£16.15"; and
         (ii) in sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) for "£29.70", where it occurs, there shall be substituted "£32.35".
    Increase in rates of special responsibility allowance
        3.    In paragraph (1) of regulation 3A of the principal Regulations (which prescribes the maximum rate of special responsibility allowance)—
       (a) in sub-paragraph (a) for "£5,215" there shall be substituted "£5,580"; and
       (b) in sub-paragraph (b) for "£525" in both cases where it occurs there shall be substituted "£560".
        4.    For any amount specified in column 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations 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
        5.    The Local Authorities (Allowances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1988[3] are hereby revoked.



James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh

1st March 1989




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 1988/372

[3] S.I. 1988/372

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