C5 Part IV The Northern Ireland Assembly

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Remuneration and pensions

C1C2C3C6C7C847 Remuneration of members.

1

The Assembly shall pay to members of the Assembly such salaries as F10may from time to time be determined .

2

The Assembly may pay to members of the Assembly such allowances as F1may from time to time be determined .

F132A

The Assembly may make provision—

a

determining the salaries or allowances payable to members of the Assembly under this section, or

b

providing for those salaries or allowances to be determined by a person other than the Assembly in accordance with the provision.

2B

Different provision may be made for different cases (for example, provision for higher salaries to be payable to Ministers or other office holders).

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F124

Provision under subsection (2A) must ensure that, if a salary is payable to a member of the Assembly (“M”) as a member of F6the House of Lords or as a member of the European Parliament—

a

if M does not hold an office within subsection (9A), no salary is payable to M under this section;

b

if M holds an office within subsection (9A), the salary which would otherwise be payable to M under this section is reduced by the appropriate amount.

4A

The appropriate amount is the amount of the salary payable under this section to members of the Assembly generally.

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8

Standing orders must include provision for the publication of every determination F7of salaries or allowances by provision under subsection (2A)(a) .

F28A

Provision under subsection (2A)(b) must include provision for the publication of every determination of salaries or allowances under that provision.

9

For the purposes of this section—

C4a

a person’s membership of the Assembly begins on the day on which he takes his seat in accordance with standing orders; and

b

a person’s holding of F3an office within subsection (9A) begins on the day on which he takes up office.

F99A

An office is within this subsection if the salary payable under this section to a member of the Assembly holding the office is higher than the salary payable under this section to members of the Assembly generally.

10

For the purposes of this section, a person who is a member of the Assembly immediately before the Assembly is dissolved shall be treated—

a

if he continues to hold F4office as a Minister or junior Minister, as Presiding Officer or deputy or as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission , as if he were a member of the Assembly until the end of the day on which he ceases to hold the office; and

b

if he does not fall within paragraph (a) but is nominated as a candidate at the subsequent general election, as if he were a member of the Assembly until the end of the day of the poll for that election.

F810A

The provision which may be made by the Assembly for the purposes of this section includes provision—

a

by a resolution of the Assembly conferring functions on the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission, or

b

by an Act of the Assembly (which may include provision establishing an office or body, provision conferring functions on an office-holder or body and ancillary provision).

11

Any expenditure incurred by the Assembly under this section shall be defrayed out of money appropriated by Act of the Assembly.