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Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1996

As Enacted Cited authorities 7 Cited in Amendments 4 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1996/1913
Year1996

1996 No. 1913

PARLIAMENT

The Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1996

Made 23th July 1996

Coming into force 24th July 1996

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 23rd day of July 1996

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas a draft of this Order has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 1(4) of the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 19751, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

S-1 Citation, commencement and revocation

Citation, commencement and revocation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1996.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 24th July 1996.

(3) The Ministerial and other Salaries Order 19952is hereby revoked.

S-2 Increase of Ministerial salaries

Increase of Ministerial salaries

2. For the annual amount, or the maximum or minimum annual amount, of salary specified in Parts I, II, III and IV of Schedule 1 to the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 (“the 1975 Act”) in relation to each of the offices specified in the first column of Schedule 1 to this Order there shall be substituted the amount, or the maximum or minimum amount, specified in relation to that office—

(a) in the second column of that Schedule, for the interim period, and

(b) in the third column of that Schedule, thereafter.

S-3 Increase of salaries of Opposition Leaders and Whips

Increase of salaries of Opposition Leaders and Whips

3. For the annual amount of salary specified in Part I of Schedule 2 to the 1975 Act in relation to each of the positions specified in the first column of Schedule 2 to this Order there shall be substituted the amount specified in relation to that position—

(a) in the second column of that Schedule, for the interim period, and

(b) in the third column of that Schedule, thereafter.

S-4 Increase of Lord Chancellor’s salary

Increase of Lord Chancellor’s salary

4. For the amount specified in section 1(2) of the 1975 Act as the annual amount by which the salary of the Lord Chancellor is to exceed that of the Lord Chief Justice there shall be substituted £2,500.

S-5 Increase of the Speaker’s salary

Increase of the Speaker’s salary

5. For the annual amount specified in section 1(3) of the 1975 Act as the salary of the Speaker of the House of Commons there shall be substituted—

(a) for the interim period, £46,156, and

(b) thereafter, £60,000.

S-6 Interpretation: the interim period

Interpretation: the interim period

6. In this Order, “the interim period” means the period starting with 24th July 1996 and ending with the day of the poll in the first parliamentary general election after that date.

N. H. Nicholls

Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE 1

Article 2.

MINISTERIAL SALARIES

1 PART I

PART I

Office

Salary from 24th July to next Parliament

Salary from next Parliament

£

£

Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury

58,557

100,000

Chancellor of the Exchequer

Secretary of State

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Any of the following offices for so long as the holder is a member of the Cabinet–

(a) Lord President of the Council;

(b) Lord Privy Seal;

(c) Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster;

(d) Paymaster General;

(e) Chief Secretary to the Treasury;

(f) Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury;

(g) Minister of State.

58,876

77,963
2 PART II

PART II

Office

Salary from 24th July to next Parliament

Salary from next Parliament

£

£

1. Any of the offices listed at (a) to (g) in Part I above for so long as the holder is not a member of the Cabinet

2. Minister in charge of a public department of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom who is not a member of the Cabinet, and whose office is not specified elsewhere in this Schedule

3. Financial Secretary to the Treasury

Maximum 51,838

Minimum 31,125

Maximum 51,838

Minimum 31,125
3 PART III

PART III

Office

Salary from 24th July to next Parliament

Salary from next Parliament

£

£

Attorney General

46,745

63,756

Lord Advocate

58,958

78,072

Solicitor General

38,329

52,278

Solicitor General for Scotland

50,455

66,811
4 PART IV

PART IV

Office

Salary from 24th July to next Parliament

Salary from next Parliament

£

£

Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms

51,838

51,838

Parliamentary Secretary other than Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury

43,632

43,632

Captain of the Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard

43,632

43,632

Treasurer of Her Majesty’s Household

31,125

31,125

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