Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (Remuneration) Amendment Regulations 2025 and come into force on 1 April 2025.

Amendment of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (Remuneration) Regulations 2007

2.—(1) The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (Remuneration) Regulations 2007( 2) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (7).

(2) For the table in regulation 6(2) (remuneration of the Leader of the Council) substitute—

(3) For the table in regulation 7(2) (remuneration of the Civic Head) substitute—

(4) In regulation 8(2) (remuneration and number of Senior Councillors)—

(a) for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) 10, for each of the following—

• Clackmannanshire Council

• Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

• East Lothian Council

• East Renfrewshire Council

• Inverclyde Council

• Midlothian Council

• Moray Council

• Orkney Islands Council

• Shetland Islands Council

• Stirling Council

• West Dunbartonshire Council; ”,

(b) omit sub-paragraphs (b) and (c).

(5) In regulation 9 (amount of remuneration of Senior Councillors) for paragraph (3) substitute—

“(3)  The maximum yearly amount that may be paid to a Senior Councillor is as follows, depending on the banding of a local authority—

(6) In regulation 10 (Councillors’ remuneration) for “£21,345” substitute “£25,982”.

(7) In the schedule (banding of local authorities for remuneration arrangements)—

(a) omit the list under the heading “Band A”,

(b) for the list under the heading “Band B” substitute—

• “Angus Council

• Argyll and Bute Council

• Clackmannanshire Council

• Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

• Dumfries and Galloway Council

• Dundee City Council

• East Ayrshire Council

• East Dunbartonshire Council

• East Lothian Council

• East Renfrewshire Council

• Falkirk Council

• Inverclyde Council

• Midlothian Council

• Moray Council

• North Ayrshire Council

• Orkney Islands Council

• Perth and Kinross Council

• Renfrewshire Council

• Scottish Borders Council

• Shetland Islands Council

• Stirling Council

• South Ayrshire Council

• West Dunbartonshire Council

• West Lothian Council ”.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (Remuneration) Regulations 2007 (“ the 2007 Regulations”). They substitute increased annual amounts for different categories of local authority remuneration to their members. They also provide for the local authorities currently falling under Band A in the schedule to be moved to Band B and for an increase to 10 of the maximum number of Senior Councillors in certain local authorities.

Regulation 2(2) makes provision for Council Leaders’ remuneration.

Regulation 2(3) provides new maximum levels for remuneration of Civic Heads. It is for each local authority to determine whether and to what extent such remuneration should be paid.

Regulation 2(4) amends regulation 8(2) of the 2007 Regulations to expand the number of local authorities that may have a maximum of 10 senior councillors. This covers the existing local authority in Band B which has a maximum of 10 senior councillors (West Dunbartonshire Council), as well as each of the local authorities transferred from Band A to Band B by regulation 2(7) of these Regulations.

Regulation 2(5) sets out, on the face of the 2007 Regulations, the maximum amounts that may be paid to Senior Councillors of councils in the different bandings. This replaces the earlier approach of expressing in regulation 9 the maximum amount as a per centage of the total amount payable to the Leader of the Council for any given local authority.

Regulation 2(6) sets new levels for Councillors’ remuneration.

Regulation 2(7) removes the local authorities listed in Band A, moving them instead to Band B.