Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 1692
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND
The Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2003
Made
7th July 2003
Laid before Parliament
10th July 2003
Coming into force
31st July 2003
The First Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 18 and 190(1) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989( 1 ) and sections 100 and 105(2), (3) and (4) of the Local Government Act 2000( 2 ), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and having carried out such consultation as is required by section 100(5) of the Local Government Act 2000, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and application
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 31st July 2003.
(2) These Regulations apply in England only( 3 ).
Amendment of Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003
2.The Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003( 4 ) shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations.
Amendment of regulation 17 (Transitional Provisions)
3. —(1) Regulation 17 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1) for the words “29th September” there shall be substituted the words “30th December”.
(3) In paragraph (2) for the words “30th September” there shall be substituted the words “31st December”.
(4) In paragraph (4) for the words “30th September” there shall be substituted the words “31st December”.
Amendment of regulation 23 (Transitional provisions for independent remuneration panels)
4. —(1) Regulation 23 shall be amended as follows.
(2) For the words “within four months of the date on which these Regulations come into force” there shall be substituted “on or before 30th November 2003”.
Amendment of regulation 25 (Parish basic allowance)
5. —(1) Regulation 25 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (9) for the words “30th September” there shall be substituted the words “31st December”.
Amendment of regulation 26 (Parish travelling and subsistence allowance)
6. —(1) Regulation 26 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (4) for the words “30th September” there shall be substituted the words “31st December”.
Amendment of regulation 34 (Disapplication)
7. —(1) Regulation 34 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (2) for the words “30th September” there shall be substituted the words “31st December”.
Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State
Nick Raynsford
Minister of State,
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
7th July 2003
1989 c. 42 ; section 18 is amended by paragraph 37 of Schedule 4 to the Police and Magistrates Court Act 1994 (c. 29) , paragraph 97 of Schedule 37 to the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) and section 99 of the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22) .
The Secretary of State’s functions under sections 18 and 190 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales are transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672 ); see the entry in Schedule 1 for the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 and see section 106(3) of the Local Government Act 2000. See also section 100(7) of the Local Government Act 2000 for the power of the National Assembly for Wales to make regulations in relation to allowances. The Secretary of State’s functions under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, so far as exercisable in relation to Scotland, are now functions of the relevant Scottish minister by virtue of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) .
S.I. 2003/1021 .