Glamorgan County Council v Ayton     Local Government – Expenses – Members of council – “Expenses necessarily incurred in
travelling” – Local Government Act 1933 (c 51), s 294(1).
The expenses permitted to be defrayed by a county council under the Local Government Act
1933, s 294(1), which provides that “a county council may defray any expenses necessarily
incurred by members of the council in travelling to and from meetings of the council,” are
limited to expenses of actual conveyance or transport and do not include expenses incurred
by members for the purpose of bodily subsistence required by them by reason of absence
from home on account of travelling to and attending meetings and returning therefrom.