Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65)

Part III S General Provisions as to Members of Local Authorities and Proceedings

Allowances to members of local authorities and other bodies S

50 Regulations as to allowances. S

(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations as to the manner in which sections 45 to 48 [F1 and 49A] of this Act are to be administered, and in particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision, may make regulations—

(a) providing for the avoidance of duplication in payments under those sections, or between payments under any of those sections and any other Act, and for the determination of the body or bodies by whom any payments under those sections are to be made, and, where such payments are to be made by more than one body, for the apportionment between those bodies of the sums payable;

(b) specifying the forms to be used and the particulars to be provided for the purpose of claiming payments under those sections;

(c) providing for the publication by a body to which sections 45 to 47 of this Act apply, in the minutes of that body or otherwise, of details of such payments.

(2) A statutory instrument containing regulations under section 45 [F2 49 or 49A] of this Act or this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words inserted by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65), s. 26(4)(a)

F2 Words substituted by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65), s. 26(4)(b)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 50 applied (temp. from 6.4.1995 until 1.4.1996) by S.I. 1995/789, art. 2, Sch. para. 3

S. 50 applied (with modifications) (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1995/3026, arts. 1(2), 13

C2 Ss. 45–50 extended with modifications by Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 (c. 66), s. 3(1)

C3 Ss. 45-50 restricted by S.I. 1991/397, reg. 26