Parliamentary And Other Pensions And Salaries Act 1976
For section 3(6) (meaning of “a Member’s ordinary salary”) of the Parliamentary and other Pensions Act 1972(“the Act of 1972”) there shall be substituted the following subsections—
For the words “a Member’s ordinary salary”, in each other place where they occur in Part I of the Act of 1972, that is to say in sections 3(2), 4(3), 7(5) (twice), 10(2) and (6) (twice), 16(3) and 25(1), there shall be substituted the words “a Member’s pensionable salary”.
In section 229(1) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 as substituted by section 32(1) of the Act of 1972 (annuity premiums of Ministers and other office-holders), for the words “a Member’s ordinary salary”, in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “a Member’s pensionable salary”.
This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 13th June 1975.
In section 4 of the Act of 1972 (contributions from participants in office-holders’ scheme) after subsection (3) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
In section 2(1)(c) of the Act of 1972 (qualifying offices) for the words “and Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords” there shall be substituted the words “Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords and Deputy Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords”.
This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 2nd May 1974.
The following provisions of Part I of the Act of 1972 shall have effect, and shall be deemed always to have had effect, as if they were amended as follows.
In section 7(4) (early retirement of Members) for the words “the date on which he ceased to be a Member of the House of Commons” and the words “the date on which he ceased to be a Member” there shall be substituted the words “the date of his application or, if later, such other date as may be there specified”.
In section 10(4) (early retirement of office-holders) for the words “the date on which he ceased to hold the qualifying office in question” and the words “the date on which he ceased to hold that office” there shall be substituted the words “the date of his application or, if later, such other date as may be there specified”.
In section 18(3)(c) (conditions for refund of contributions) for the words “does not exceed” there shall be substituted the words “is less than”.
In section 25 (interpretation of Part 1) there shall be inserted after subsection (2) the following subsection—
An Order in Council made under this subsection may be varied or revoked by a subsequent Order so made.
Section I of the Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1957 (salary of Comptroller and Auditor General) and section 2 of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (salary and pension of Parliamentary Commissioner) shall be amended as follows.
For subsections (1) and (2) of the said section 1 there shall be substituted the following subsections— and those subsections shall also be substituted for subsections (1) and (2) of the said section 2 but modified for that purpose by the substitution of references to the Commissioner for references to the Comptroller and Auditor General.
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shall be disregarded.
This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on lst January 1975.
Section 32 of the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 and section 43 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1972 (salaries and pensions of Health Service Commissioners) shall be amended as follows.
In subsection (1) of each section for the words " such salary " there shall be substituted the words " the same salary as if he were employed in the civil service of the State in such appointment ".
In subsection (3) of each section the words from " but any such abatement" to the end shall be omitted and after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—
There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament, or paid into or out of the Consolidated Fund, any increase attributable to this Act in the sums so payable under any other Act.
This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1976.
The enactments specified in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
Section 9(2). Chapter Short title Extent of repeal 1967 c. 13. The Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967. In section 2(4), the words from “but any such abatement” to the end. 1972 c. 11. The Superannuation Act 1972. Section 13(4). 1972 c. 58. The National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1972. In section 43(3), the words from “but any such abatement” to the end. 1973 c. 32. The National Health Reorganisation Act 1973. In section 32(3), the words from “but any such abatement” to the end.