Section 619: The House of Commons Members’ Fund
2463.This section derives from section 613(3) of ICTA.
2464.The section will apply to a very small number of taxpayers, possibly no more than 100. The House of Commons Members’ Fund was established in 1939. It was superseded by the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund in 1964. The 1939 fund continues to make grants to former Members and their dependants. These grants are described as “periodical payments”.
2465.Paragraph (a) applies to grants made to former Members and their dependants who qualify for grants under the House of Commons Members’ Fund Act 1939.
2466.Paragraphs (b) and (c) apply to grants made to former Members and their dependants who receive grants under section 4 of the House of Commons Members Fund Act 1948 because they do not qualify under the 1939 Act. These payments are made from sums appropriated from the fund and the income earned on those appropriated amounts.
2467.Section 613(1) and (2) of ICTA deal with Members’ contributions to the fund. Because Members no longer pay these contributions it is not necessary for this Act to rewrite section 613(1) and (2).