Local Government Act, 1925
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Payment of travelling expenses to members of certain local authorities. |
63.—(1) In this section the expression “county authority” means a county council, a board of health, or a committee or joint committee of a district mental hospital, and the expression “authorised committee” means a committee appointed by a county authority and to the members of which the Minister, on the application of the county authority, authorises contributions to be paid under this section. | |
(2) Every county authority shall as soon as may be after the 31st day of March and the 30th day of September in each year pay to— | ||
(a) every member of the county authority who has attended at least three-quarters of the meetings of such county authority held during the preceding six months, and | ||
(b) every member of an authorised committee appointed by the county authority who has attended at least three-quarters of the meetings of that authorised committee held during the preceding six months, | ||
such contribution (if any) as is authorised by the rules contained in the Fifth Schedule to this Act towards the expenses incurred by such member in attending the meetings of such county authority or authorised committee (as the case may be) during such preceding six months. | ||
(3) For the purposes of this section a member shall not be deemed to have attended a meeting unless he shall have been present at such meeting for at least three hours, or where such meeting was held only for a period less than three hours, during the whole of such period. | ||
(4) No contribution shall be paid under this section in respect of any meeting of a county authority or committee thereof which took place before the election of members to such county authority held next after the passing of this Act. | ||
(5) Any person who knowingly makes or allows to be made a false statement for the purpose of obtaining the payment to himself or another of a sum under or in pursuance of this section, shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, or at the discretion of the court to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a term not exceeding one year. | ||
(6) Any person who is convicted of an offence under this section shall thereafter be disqualified from being elected or being a member of any local authority and from being appointed to or holding any office or employment under any local authority. |