42Calculation of daily fees

42 Calculation of daily fees

Meeting days (1) The amount of a daily fee paid to an office holder for a meeting day is: (a) if the office holder’s qualifying meeting day time is less than 2 hours—40% of the daily fee; or (b) if the office holder’s qualifying meeting day time is at least 2 hours and less than 3 hours—60% of the daily fee; or (c) otherwise—100% of the daily fee. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), qualifying meeting day time is time that an office holder spends on a meeting day: (a) attending a formal meeting; or (b) on authority business; or (c) on official travel time. Non‑meeting days (3) The amount of a daily fee paid to an office holder for a non‑meeting day is 20% of the daily fee set out in Table 7A for each hour, to a maximum of 5 hours per day, that the office holder spends: (a) on authority business; or (b) on official travel time.

Note: Normal preparation time must not be taken into account in working out fees under this section (see paragraph (c) of the definition of authority business in section 8).