Section 1.
1The annual amount of any periodical payment made to any person by virtue of his past membership of the House of Commons shall not exceed one hundred and fifty pounds or such sum as, in the opinion of the trustees, will bring his income up to two hundred and twenty-five pounds per annum, whichever is the less.
2The annual amount of any periodical payment made to any person by virtue of her being the widow of a past member of the House of Commons shall not exceed seventy-five pounds or such sum as, in the opinion of the trustees, will bring her income up to one hundred and twenty-five pounds per annum, whichever is the less.
3No payment shall be made to any person by virtue of his past membership of the House of Commons unless he has attained the age of sixty years or, in the opinion of the trustees, is, by reason of mental or bodily infirmity, incapable of earning his living.
4No payment shall be made in respect of any child of a past member of the House of Commons whilst either of the child's parents is living, or after the child has attained the age of sixteen years, and the annual amount of any periodical payment made in respect of an orphan child of a past member, or of his orphan children taken together if more than one, shall not exceed seventy-five pounds.
5No payment shall be made to any person unless the person by virtue of whose membership of the House of Commons the payment is to be made was a member of the House of' Commons for periods together amounting to ten years :
Provided that the trustees may in special circumstances make payments notwithstanding that the requirements of this paragraph are not complied with.
6For the purposes of this Schedule, the income of any person shall be ascertained in such manner and on such principles as the trustees may determine.