Explanatory Memorandum

Allowances to Members of the Assembly (Repeal) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

2011 CHAPTER 8

10 February 2011

Broader Policy Objectives

Ill-health Retirement Allowance

11.The 2000 Act allows the Commission to pay an amount to a Member who retires through ill-health, calculated using exactly the same matrix as for resettlement allowance (see above). In accordance with the SSRB’s recommendation, the Commission is recommending that ill-health retirement allowance be renamed as ill-health retirement payment and calculated in the same way as the resettlement payment.