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Local Government Act, 1925

FIFTH SCHEDULE.

RULES FOR PAYMENT OF TRAVELLING EXPENSES TO MEMBERS OF COUNTY AUTHORITIES AND COMMITTEES.

1. In these rules—

the expressions “county authority” and “authorised committee” have the same meanings as in section 63 of this Act;

the word “contribution” means a contribution payable under section 63 of this Act towards the travelling expenses of a member;

the word “member” means a member of a county authority or an authorised committee.

2. Every member shall, immediately after his election or appointment, communicate in writing to the county authority the address at which he ordinarily resides, which address is referred to in these rules as the official residence of such member.

3. The contributions to be paid to a member shall be calculated on the length of the journey from the official residence of the member to the place of meeting of the county authority or authorised committee, and the mode of transport used for such journey.

4. Where the journey from the official residence of a member to the place of meeting of the county authority or authorised committee could be made by more than one route or by different modes of transport, the journey shall, for the purposes of these rules, be deemed to have been made by the route and the mode of transport in respect of which the payment under these rules would be the least.

5. There shall be paid to every member to whom a contribution is payable under section 63 of this Act, a sum calculated in the manner prescribed in the next rule in respect of each meeting of the county authority or authorised committee attended by him provided that no contribution shall be paid to any such member in respect of a meeting held at a place situate less than five miles by any route from his official residence.

6. The sum payable under the preceding rule in respect of each meeting shall be calculated as follows, that is to say, four pence for each mile of the journey from the member's official residence to the place of meeting travelled by railway, and five pence for each mile of such journey travelled otherwise than by railway.