Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2006 No. 265

LANDS TRIBUNAL

Lands Tribunal (Salaries) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

Made

15th June 2006

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

Coming into operation

24th July 2006

The Department of Finance and Personnel, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(5) of the Lands Tribunal and Compensation Act (Northern Ireland) 1964(1) and section 18 of the Administrative and Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 1962(2) and now vested in it (3) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, makes the following Order:

Title and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Lands Tribunal (Salaries) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 24^th July 2006.

Revocation

2. The Lands Tribunal (Salaries) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005(4) is revoked.

Increases in salaries

3.—(1) The annual salary payable to the President of the Lands Tribunal shall be increased as follows –

(a)from £116,515 to £117,680 from 1^st April 2006;

(b)from £117,680 to £120,300 from 1^st November 2006.

(2) The annual salary payable to any other member of the Lands Tribunal shall be increased as follows —

(a)from £112,116 to £113,237 from 1^st April 2006;

(b)from £113,237 to £114,400 from 1^st November 2006.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 15th June 2006.

L.S.

Christopher Thompson

A senior officer of the

Department of Finance and Personnel

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for changes in the annual salaries payable to members of the Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland following recommendations made in the Report of the Review Body on Senior Salaries in 2006 (HMSO CM 6727).

Its increases, with effect from 1^st April 2006, under section 18 of the Administrative and Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 1962, the annual salary of the President of the Lands Tribunal and all other members of the Tribunal.

The increases take effect in two stages. The first increases apply in relation to the period from 1^st April 2006 to 31^st October 2006. The salaries are then further increased with effect from 1^st November 2006.

Article 2 revokes the Lands Tribunal (Salaries) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005.

(1)

1964 c. 29 (N.I.)

(2)

1962 c. 7 (N.I.)

(3)

By Article 4 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Modifications of Enactments) Order 2002; see also Article 10 of that Order

(4)

S.R. 2005 No. 269