Schedule 1 – Change from alternative to executive arrangements Part 8 – Members: Payment and Pensions Section 141 – The Panel
157.Provides for the continued existence of the Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales (the “IRP”).
158.The IRP was established under regulation 26 of the Local Authorities (Allowances for Members) (Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1086) (the “2007 Regulations”) to prescribe, amongst other things, the maximum levels of allowances payable by county and county borough councils. The IRP’s current remit only extends to county and county borough councils and does not encompass community councils, National Park authorities or fire and rescue authorities.
159.The new provision maintains the statutory basis of the IRP and introduces Schedule 2 which sets out the detail for membership, tenure and organisation of the IRP.