Remuneration, Charges and Grants Act 1975

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1975 c. 57


Remuneration, Charges andGrants Act 1975

1975 CHAPTER 57

An Act to limit liability for certain remuneration; to enable certain provisions of Part II of the Counter-Inflation Act 1973 to be extended and to amend section 2 of that Act; to enable grants to local authorities to be reduced in certain circumstances; to enable housing subsidy to be increased and to provide for a new grant to local authorities in Scotland; and for connected purposes.

[1st August 1975]

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

S-1 Remuneration under existing agreements.

1 Remuneration under existing agreements.

(1) Where an employer limits the remuneration paid by him to any person for any period while this section is in force and the limitation is no greater than necessary to keep the remuneration within the limits imposed by the policy set out in the document laid before Parliament by command of Her Majesty in July 1975 (Cmnd. 6151) he shall not be liable for breach of contract by reason only that the remuneration is less than would, apart from this section, be payable under any agreement entered into before the commencement of this Act.

(2) If Her Majesty at any time causes a document to be laid before Parliament which sets out limits in addition to or in substitution for those so imposed the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument add or substitute in subsection (1) above a reference to the limits set out in that document, and that subsection shall then have effect accordingly; and similarly with any further such document laid before Parliament by command of her Majesty.

(3) An order under this section shall not be made unless a draft of it has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

(4) A person in the service of the Crown shall not be able to enforce a claim for remuneration in respect of that service which, by reason of this section, he could not enforce if the remuneration were in respect of employment by a private person.

(5) Any question arising under this section whether any remuneration exceeds the limits mentioned therein shall be referred to and determined by the Secretary of State.

S-2 Duration of section 1 and of certain provisions of Counter-Inflation Act 1973.

2 Duration of section 1 and of certain provisions of Counter-Inflation Act 1973.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, section 1 of this Act shall cease to be in force at the expiration of the period ending with 31st July 1976.

(2) Her Majesty may at any time by Order in Council terminate the period for which section 1 of this Act is in force.

(3) Her Majesty may by Order in Council—

(a ) continue section 1 of this Act in force for a period ending not later than 31st July 1977; and

(b ) if that section has ceased to be in force before that date, bring it again into force for a period ending not later than that date.

(4) Her Majesty may by Order in Council continue, or, as the case may be, again bring into force all or any of the following provisions (as amended) of Part II of the Counter-Inflation Act 1973 , namely, sections 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10, for any period during which section 1 of this Act is in force; and accordingly section 4 of that Act (duration of Part II) shall have effect subject to this section.

(5) No recommendation shall be made to Her Majesty in Council—

(a ) to make an Order under subsection (3) above; or

(b ) to make an Order under subsection (4) above extending any provision beyond 31st July 1976 or bringing any provision again into force for a period ending after that date;

unless a draft of the Order has been laid before Parliament and has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

(6) A statutory instrument made under subsection (4) above but not falling within subsection (5)(b ) above shall...

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