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The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (Remuneration) Amendment Regulations 2011

Type Scottish-Statutory-Instrument

Publication 2011-06-01

State In force

Jurisdiction Scotland

Department Queen's Printer for Scotland

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Made: 1st June 2011

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 2nd June 2011

Coming into force: 1st July 2011

In accordance with section 11(4) of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 the Scottish Ministers have considered information, advice and recommendations given to them by the Scottish Local Authorities Remuneration Committee.

Citation and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (Remuneration) Amendment Regulations 2011 and come into force on 1st July 2011.

Amendment of The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (Remuneration) Regulations 2007

2

After regulation 3(2) of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (Remuneration) Regulations 2007[^f00003] insert—

(2A) No local authority shall allow a body controlled by it to make any payments to its councillors by way of remuneration other than the reimbursement of authorised and receipted expenses.

Signed

JOHN SWINNEY — A member of the Scottish Executive — 1st June 2011

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (Remuneration) Regulations 2007 in relation to councillor remuneration. The amendment prohibits local authorities from allowing any body controlled by a single local authority from making payments to councillors by way of remuneration.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1989 c.42. The functions of the Secretary of State in section 18 transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).

[^f00002]: 2004 asp 9.

[^f00003]: S.S.I. 2007/183, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

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