S.I. No. 361/1995:

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (EXPENSES OF LOCAL AUTHORITY MEMBERS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1995.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (EXPENSES OF LOCAL AUTHORITY MEMBERS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1995.

The Minister for the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 3 and 51 of the Local Government Act, 1991 (No. 11 of 1991) and after consultation with the Minister for Finance hereby makes the following regulations:--

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Expenses of Local Authority Members) (Amendment) Regulations, 1995.

(2) These Regulations and the Local Government (Expenses of Local Authority Members) Regulations, 1993 ( S.I. No. 391 of 1993 ) shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Local Government (Expenses of Local Authority Members) Regulations, 1993 and 1995.

2. Article 4 (3) of the Local Government (Expenses of Local Authority Members) Regulations, 1993 is hereby amended as follows:--

( a ) by the substitution of paragraph (b) as set out in the Schedule to these regulations for paragraph (b) of that article, and

( b ) by the addition after paragraph (c) of that article of the following paragraph

"(d) for the purposes of this sub-article, "year" means a year subsequent to the year terminating on the 31st day of December, 1994.".

SCHEDULE

"(b) For the purposes of this article, "relevant number of meetings":

(i) means in the case of the travelling and subsistence elements of the annual allowance as determined in accordance with paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of article 5 (1) eight tenths of the sum of--

(I) the total number of meetings of the local authority held during the year or portion of the year concerned, and

(II) the total number of meetings of committees and joint committees of which the person is a member held during the year or portion of the year concerned.

and in the case of the other expenses element of such annual allowance as so determined (such expenses element being the fixed annual rate applicable in accordance with directions pursuant to article 12 (2) (c)), five tenths of that sum, and

(ii) in the case of an annual allowance as determined in accordance with paragraph (e) of article 5 (1), shall be calculated, operate and apply in such manner as may be specified by directions pursuant to article 12".

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment,

this 21st day of December, 1995.

BRENDAN HOWLIN,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations provide for certain amendments to the Local Government (Expenses of Local Authority Members) Regulations, 1993.