
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st April 1988.
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 £18.25 for any period of 24 hours beginning at 3 am.
(2) The prescribed amount of financial loss allowance shall be:
(a) £14.85 for any period not exceeding 4 hours;
(b) £29.70 for any period exceeding 4 hours but not exceeding 24 hours;
(c) for a period exceeding 24 hours, £29.70 for each period of 24 hours plus the amount specified above which is 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 1989 is:—
(a) in the case of a principal council belonging to the description of councils in paragraph 8(e) of Schedule 1 hereto, £525; 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 £5,215, 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 1989 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.
Nicholas Ridley
Secretary of State for the Environment
29th February 1988Peter Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
1st March 1988
SCHEDULE
Regulation 4
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SCHEDULE 1”

Column 1 Column 2
(Name or Class of Authority) (Amount)

1 
The Inner London Education Authority £20,830

2 
The London Fire and Civil Defence Authority £10,405

3 
An outer London borough £11,735

4 
An inner London borough £6,510

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 £5,200

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 £4,560

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 £19,545

(b) to exceed 500,000 but not to exceed 1 million £18,245

(c) to exceed 250,000 but not to exceed 500,000 £13,030

(d) not to exceed 250,000 £11,730

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 £6,510

(b) to exceed 200,000 but not to exceed 400,000 £5,215

(c) to exceed 150,000 but not to exceed 200,000 £3,910

(d) to exceed 100,000 but not to exceed 150,000 £2,610

(e) not to exceed 100,000 £1,300