Salaries (Comptroller and Auditor General) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2004 No. 20

SALARIES

Salaries (Comptroller and Auditor General) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004

Made

8th January 2004

To be laid before Parliament under paragraph 7(3) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000

Coming into operation

1st March 2004

In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 4(1) of the Audit (Northern Ireland) Order 1987(1) and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I hereby make the following Order:

Title and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Salaries (Comptroller and Auditor General) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 1st March 2004.

Salary

2.  The annual salary payable to the holder of the office of Comptroller and Auditor General shall be increased as follows –

(a) from £105,893 to £113,437 from 1st April 2002;

(b) from £113,437 to £119,449 from 1st April 2003.

Paul Murphy

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Northern Ireland Office

8th January 2004

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order provides for increases in the annual salary payable to the Comptroller and Auditor General, calculated with reference to the Report of the Review Body on Senior Salaries in 2002 (HMSO CM 5389-1) and 2003 (HMSO CM 5718).

These increases are made with effect from 1st April 2002 and 1st April 2003 respectively under Article 4(1) of the Audit (Northern Ireland) Order 1987.

(1)

S.I. 1987/460 (N.I. 5); Article 4(1) is modified by paragraph 11(3) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (c. 1) while section 1 of the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (devolved government) is in force