Scottish Parliament (Assistance for Registered Political Parties) Order 1999
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1999/1745 |
| Year | 1999 |
1999 No. 1745
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
DEVOLUTION, SCOTLAND
The Scottish Parliament (Assistance for Registered Political Parties) Order 1999
Made 22th June 1999
Coming into force 1st July 1999
At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 22nd day of June 1999
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament1
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 97 and 113 of the Scotland Act2and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Scottish Parliament (Assistance for Registered Political Parties) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st July 1999.
(2) In this Order–
“the Act” means the Scotland Act 1998;
“general election” means an ordinary or extraordinary general election for membership of the Parliament held under section 2 or section 3 of the Act; and
“qualifying party” means a registered political party with which any member of the Parliament is connected.
(3) For the purposes of this Order and section 97 of the Act, a registered political party and a member of the Parliament are to be regarded at any time as connected if the member of the Parliament–
(a)
(a) was returned at the previous general election after contesting it as a candidate (whether for return as a constituency member or as a regional member) of that party;
(b)
(b) was returned since that general election at an election held under section 9 of the Act (constituency vacancies) after contesting it as a candidate of that party; or
(c)
(c) was included in the regional list for any region submitted by that party for that general election and as such became a member of the Parliament since that general election by virtue of a notification under section 10 of the Act (regional vacancies).
(4) In this Order, unless the context requires otherwise, references to a period are to any of the periods mentioned in paragraphs (3) to (5) of article 2 as read with article 5.
(5) Unless the context requires otherwise, any reference in this Order to a numbered article is to the article bearing that number in this Order and any reference in an article of this Order to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph bearing that number in that article.
Financial assistance for qualifying parties
2.—(1) The Parliamentary corporation shall make payments, in accordance with this Order, to a qualifying party in respect of any expenses incurred by that party, on or after 1st July 1999, for the purpose of assisting any of the members of the Parliament who are connected with that party to perform their Parliamentary duties.
(2) Subject to article 3(3), the total amount of payments that may be made under this Order to any qualifying party in any period shall not exceed the relevant amount for that period multiplied by the number of members of the Parliament who are connected with that party at the beginning of that period.
(3) For the period beginning with 1st July 1999 and ending with 31st March 2000 the relevant amount shall be the sum of £5,000.
(4) For the period of one year beginning with 1st April 2000 the relevant amount shall be the sum of £5,000 but increased by the appropriate percentage for that period and if the resulting amount is not a whole number of pounds and pence it shall be rounded to the nearest penny.
(5) For any subsequent period of one year beginning with 1st April the relevant amount shall be the relevant amount for the previous period increased by the appropriate percentage...
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