
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.
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.
SCHEDULE
Regulation 4


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(Name or Class of Authority) (Amount)

1 
The Inner London Education Authority £19,840

2 
The London Fire and Civil Defence Authority £9,910

3 
An outer London borough £11,175

4 
An inner London borough £6,200

5 
A joint authority (other than the London Fire and Civil Defence Authority), the population of whose area is estimated on 1st April in the relevant financial year to exceed 2 million £4,955

6 
A joint authority (other than the London Fire and Civil Defence Authority), the population of whose area is estimated on 1st April in the relevant financial year not to exceed 2 million £4,345

7 
A county council or a metropolitan district council, the population of whose area is estimated on 1st April in the relevant financial year—

(a)  to exceed 1 million £18,615

(b)  to exceed 500,000 but not to exceed 1 million £17,375

(c)  to exceed 250,000 but not to exceed 500,000 £12,410

(d)  not to exceed 250,000 £11,175

8 
A non-metropolitan district council, the population of whose area is estimated on 1st April in the relevant financial year—

(a)  to exceed 400,000 £6,200

(b)  to exceed 200,000 but not to exceed 400,000 £4,965

(c)  to exceed 150,000 but not to exceed 200,000 £3,725

(d)  to exceed 100,000 but not to exceed 150,000 £2,485

(e)  not to exceed 100,000 £1,240
Nicholas Ridley
Secretary of State for the Environment
13th August 1987Peter Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
16th August 1987