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These Regulations may be cited as the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (Allowances and Expenses) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 2nd May 2007.
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(1) The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 is amended in accordance with this regulation.
(2) In section 47 (allowances for attending conferences and meetings)–
(a) in subsection (1)–
(i) paragraph (a) is repealed;
(ii) in paragraph (b), for “any other body” substitute “any body”; and
(iii) for “the authority or other body” substitute “the body”;
(b) subsection (3) is repealed; and
(c) in subsection (3A), for “and convened as mentioned in subsection (3) above” substitute “inside or outside the United Kingdom and convened by any person or body (other than a person or body convening it in the course of a trade or business or a body the objects of which are wholly or partly political)”.
(3) In section 48 (payment of expenses of official and courtesy visits, etc.)–
(a) in subsection (1)(a), after “expenses” insert “receipted and”; and
(b) in subsection (2), for “travelling allowance or subsistence allowance under section 46 of this Act” substitute “any allowances and reimbursement of expenditure by virtue of regulations made under section 11 of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004”.
(4) In section 49 (provisions supplementary to sections 45 to 48)–
(a) in subsection (1), paragraph (a) is repealed.
(b) in subsection (3), omit “local authority or other”.
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Section 4(8) (allowance for payment of expenses of office of convener and depute convener) of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 is repealed.
TOM McCABE
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
21st March 2007