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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 37

Expenses of official and courtesy visits, etc.

37.(1) Subject to subsection (2), a council may

(a)make payments towards expenditure reasonably incurred by councillors in
making official or courtesy visits, whether inside or outside the United
Kingdom, on behalf of the council;

(b)defray any expenses reasonably incurred in the reception and entertainment
by way of official courtesy of distinguished persons residing in or visiting
the district of the council or persons representative of or connected with
local government or other public services whether inside or outside the United
Kingdom, and in the supply of information to any such persons.

(2) The payments which a council may make under subsection (1)(a) towards
expenditure incurred by a councillor for any purpose corresponding to a
purpose for which payments may be made under section 36 shall be at rates to
be determined by the council but not exceeding the rates [determined by the
Department] under section 36 for payments for the corresponding purpose.

(3) In this section "councillor" includes a member of a committee or
sub-committee of a council, whether he is a member of the council or not.


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