The Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 (Amendment) Order 2011

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes provision for changes in the salaries payable under section 1(1), (3) and (3A) of the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 (“the 1975 Act”). The salaries covered by section 1(1), (3) and (3A) are those of Ministers, Opposition Leaders and Whips and the Commons and Lords Speakers.

Article 3 specifies the new salaries for the Commons and Lords Speakers.

Article 4 amends section 1A of the 1975 Act so that increases payable by virtue of the uprating formula in that section are not payable for the lifetime of this Parliament.

Article 5 provides for Schedule 1 to this Order to replace Parts I to IV of Schedule 1 to the 1975 Act. The replacement provisions set out the new salaries to be paid to Ministers in Schedule 1 to the 1975 Act.

Article 6(a) makes a consequential amendment to the 1975 Act. Article 6(b) amends the 1975 Act to provide that, for the purposes of Schedule 1, a person is a member of the House of Commons for the period beginning with the day after the day of the poll for the parliamentary election at which the person is elected and until the next election, if the person was a member immediately before a dissolution, or until they otherwise cease to be a member.

Article 7 provides for Schedule 2 to this Order to replace Part I of Schedule 2 to the 1975 Act. The replacement provisions set out the new salaries to be paid to Opposition Leaders and Whips.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.