[F14MPs' salariesU.K.
(1)Members of the House of Commons are to receive a salary for the relevant period.
(2)The salaries are to be paid by the IPSA.
(3)Salaries are to be paid on a monthly basis in arrears.
(4)The amounts of the salaries are to be determined by the IPSA (see section 4A).
(5)“Relevant period”, in relation to a person who is a member of the House of Commons, means the period beginning with the day after the day of the poll for the parliamentary election at which the member was elected and ending with—
(a)if the person is a member immediately before Parliament is dissolved, the day of the poll for the parliamentary general election which follows the dissolution;
(b)otherwise, the day on which the person ceases to be a member.
(6)No payment of salary is to be made to a member before the member has made and subscribed the oath required by the Parliamentary Oaths Act 1866 (or the corresponding affirmation).
(7)The duty of the IPSA to pay a salary to a member is subject to anything done in relation to the member in the exercise of the disciplinary powers of the House of Commons.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 4, 4A substituted for s. 4 (24.5.2011) by Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (c. 25), ss. 29, 52; S.I. 2011/1274, art. 2(a)
Commencement Information
I1S. 4 in force at 7.5.2010 by S.I. 2010/1033, art. 3(a)