Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1991 c. 5
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  • (1) In section 2(3) of the (2) Regulations under section 2 of that Act applying to a person who has made an election by virtue of subsection (1) above shall not enable any pension for or in respect of that person to be calculated by reference to service as a Member of the House of Commons before the passing of this Act.(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(2) In subsection (4) of that section (power to increase salaries by Order in Council subject to affirmative procedure) for the words “by subsection (2) or (3) above” there shall be substituted the words “ by subsection (2) above as the annual amount by which the salary is to exceed that of the Lord Chief Justice or by subsection (3) above ”.ceases at any time (“the material time”) after the passing of this Act to hold a relevant office; anddoes not again become the holder of a relevant office within the period of three weeks beginning at the material time,(2) Subject to subsection (3) below, the amount of the payment to which a person who has ceased to hold a relevant office is entitled under this section is an amount equal to one-quarter of the annual amount of the salary which was being paid to that person in respect of that office immediately before the material time.(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .the annual amount of the salary payable under section 4 of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 to a person holding that office, andthe annual amount of the salary payable under that section to a member of the House of Commons who does not hold an office or position specified in a resolution of that House for the purposes of section 4A(2) of that Act (higher salaries for holders of specified offices or positions) .(4) A payment under this section shall not be made until the end of the period mentioned in subsection (1) (b) above.(5) No payment shall be made under this section where a person has ceased to hold a relevant office on his death.any officeany position in respect of which a salary is payable in accordance with Schedule 2 to that Act (Opposition Leaders and Whips) ;the office of Speaker of the House of Lords;the office of Lord Chancellor;the office of Speaker of the House of Commons;the office of Chairman of Ways and Means and any office of Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means in respect of which a salary is payable out of money provided by Parliament; andthe office of Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords and any office of Deputy Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords in respect of which a salary is payable out of such money.(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(8) Where a person ceases on a dissolution of Parliament to hold any such position as is mentioned in subsection (6) (b) above, subsection (1) (b) above shall have effect in relation to his ceasing to hold that position on the dissolution as if for the words “three weeks” there were substituted the words “ six weeks ”.(9) Section 13 of the

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