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Introductory Text
Introductory
1.Bill of Rights
2.House of Lords
Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority etc
3.Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority etc
Salaries and allowances for MPs
4.MPs' salaries
5.MPs' allowances scheme
6.Dealing with claims under the scheme
7.Information and guidance about taxation
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8.MPs' code of conduct relating to financial interests
Investigation and enforcement
9.Investigations
10.Offence of providing false or misleading information for allowances claims
Final provisions
11.Further functions of the IPSA and Commissioner
12.Interpretation
13.Power to make transitional etc provision
14.Short title and commencement
15.Expiry of provisions of the Act
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
Part 1 Members of the IPSA
Membership
1.(1) The IPSA is to consist of the following members—...
Appointment of chair and ordinary members
2.(1) The chair of the IPSA is to be appointed...
Terms and conditions: general
3.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, the chair...
Term of office
4.(1) The chair of the IPSA is to be appointed...
Resignation and removal from office
5.(1) The chair of the IPSA may resign from office...
Remuneration
6.(1) The terms and conditions on which a person is...
Code of conduct
7.(1) The IPSA must issue, and may from time to...
Disqualification
8.(1) In Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the House...
Part 2 The IPSA
Status
9.(1) The IPSA, its members and its staff are not...
Efficiency
10.The IPSA must aim to do things efficiently and cost-effectively....
Powers
11.The IPSA may do anything (except borrow money) which is...
Committees
12.(1) The IPSA may establish any committees which it considers...
Procedure and proceedings
13.(1) The IPSA is to regulate its own procedure, and...
Staff
14.(1) The IPSA must appoint a chief executive (see paragraph...
15.(1) The Speaker may appoint a person (“the interim chief...
Staff pensions
16.(1) Employment by the IPSA is included among the kinds...
Separation of administration functions and regulation functions
17.(1) The IPSA's administration functions are to be carried out...
Meaning of “administration functions” and “regulation functions”
18.(1) The IPSA's administration functions are its functions under—
Delegation
19.(1) The IPSA may delegate functions to—
Contracting-out of payment functions
20.(1) The IPSA's payment functions may be carried out by—...
Delegation and contracting out of pension functions
21.(1) Section 1(2) of the Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11)...
Funding
22.(1) The IPSA's expenditure is to be paid out of...
Accounts
23.(1) The IPSA must keep proper accounting records.
Audit
24.(1) The IPSA must, as soon as practicable after the...
Annual report
25.(1) As soon as practicable after the end of each...
Documentary evidence
26.(1) The application of the seal of the IPSA is...
Freedom of information
27.(1) In Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Freedom...
Public records
28.In Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958 (c....
Interpretation
29.(1) In this Schedule “financial year” means—
Schedule 2
Compliance Officer
Appointment of Compliance Officer
1.(1) The Compliance Officer is to be appointed by the...
2.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, the Compliance...
3.(1) The Compliance Officer is to be appointed for a...
4.(1) A person may resign from the office of Compliance...
5.(1) The terms and conditions on which a person is...
6.(1) The Compliance Officer is not to be regarded—
7.(1) The IPSA must provide the Compliance Officer with adequate...
8.(1) As soon as practicable after the end of each...
Vacancy in office of Compliance Officer
9.(1) This paragraph applies if the office of Compliance Officer...
10.(1) In Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the House...
11.In Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Freedom of...
12.In Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958 (definition...
SCHEDULE 3
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
1.The members of the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary...
2.(1) A person appointed under paragraph 1(d) (“an appointed member”)...
Committee proceedings
3.(1) The Committee may determine its own procedure (including quorum)....