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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2006 No. 442

SALARIES

The Salaries (Assembly Ombudsman and Commissioner for Complaints) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

Made

2nd November 2006

Coming into operation

7th December 2006

The Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 5(1) and (2) of the Ombudsman (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(1) and Article 4(1) and (2) of the Commissioner for Complaints (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(2) and now vested in it(3) makes the following Order:

Title and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Salaries (Assembly Ombudsman and Commissioner for Complaints) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 7th December 2006.

Revocation

2.  The Salaries (Assembly Ombudsman and Commissioner for Complaints) (No.2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005(4) is revoked.

Increase in Salaries

3.  The annual salaries payable to the Assembly Ombudsman and the Commissioner for Complaints shall be increased from £116,515 to £117,680 from 1st April 2006 and then increased to £120,300 from 1st November 2006.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister on 2nd November 2006

Legal seal

Deirdre Kenny

A senior officer of the Officer of the First Minister and deputy First Minister

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for an increase in the annual salaries payable to the Assembly Ombudsman for Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints.

This provision is made with retrospective effect from 1st April 2006 under Article 5(2) of the Ombudsman (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 and Article 4(2) of the Commissioner for Complaints (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.

Article 2 revokes the Salaries (Assembly Ombudsman and Commissioner for Complaints) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005.