(a) in the case of North Northamptonshire Council — 

(i) that council’s monitoring officer; 

(ii) that council’s chief finance officer; 

(iii) that council’s head of paid service; 

(b) in the case of West Northamptonshire Council — 

(i) that council’s monitoring officer; 

(ii) that council’s chief finance officer; 

(iii) that council’s head of paid service. 

(4) A designation under paragraph (1) or (2) ceases to have effect on the day on which a person (who may be the same person as the designated officer) is appointed under paragraph (3) to discharge responsibilities equivalent to those of the designated officer. 

(5) Subsections (2) to (7) of section 5 of the 1989 Act and subsections (2) and (5) of section 5A of that Act apply in relation to— 

(a) a shadow authority; 

(b) its interim monitoring officer; and 

(c) its executive arrangements, 

as they apply in relation to a relevant authority and the monitoring officer and executive arrangements of a relevant authority as if references in those subsections were references to the shadow authority, its interim monitoring officer and the executive arrangements that it adopts pursuant to this Order. 

(6) Sections 114 to 115, 115B and 116 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988( a ) apply in relation to a shadow authority and its interim chief finance officer as if— 

(a) references to the chief finance officer of a relevant authority included references to the interim chief finance officer of the shadow authority; 

(b) references to a relevant authority included references to the shadow authority; and 

(c) references to joint committees were omitted. 

(7) Subsections (2) to (5) and (6) of section 4 of the 1989 Act apply in relation to a shadow authority and its interim head of paid service as they apply in relation to a relevant authority and its head of paid service as if references in those subsections to a relevant authority and its head of paid service were references to a shadow authority and its interim head of paid service. 

## Duties of shadow authorities: members’ allowances for North Northamptonshire Council and West Northamptonshire Council 

10. —(1) The shadow authority for North Northamptonshire must formulate proposals for the scheme of members’ allowances to be adopted by North Northamptonshire Council. 

(2) The shadow authority for West Northamptonshire must formulate proposals for the scheme of members’ allowances to be adopted by West Northamptonshire Council. 

(3) Each shadow authority must prepare and adopt a scheme for the payment of allowances to its members. 

(4) Subject to the following provisions of this article, the Local Authorities (Members’ Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003( b ) (“the 2003 Regulations”), other than regulations 6 and 17 and Part 5, apply in relation to the shadow authority and its members as they apply in relation to district councils and their members. 

