Local Government Act, 1991

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Allowances for chairmen of local authorities.

42.—(1) A local authority may pay an allowance for reasonable expenses to the chairman of the authority.

(2) A decision to pay an allowance under subsection (1) and the determination of the amount thereof shall be a reserved function.

(3) A copy of every resolution adopted by a local authority under this section shall be furnished to the Minister.

(4) The Minister may, after consultation with the Minister for Finance, issue directions to local authorities or specified classes of local authorities for the purposes of this section and, without prejudice to the foregoing, such directions may specify the maximum amounts of the allowances payable under this section, including different such amounts for different classes of local authorities.

(5) In this section “the chairman”, in relation to a local authority, includes, in the case of a borough, the lord mayor or the mayor of such authority.