Article 3 Commencement

The following provisions of the 2010 Act come into force on 7th May 2010—

(a)

section 27 (membership of Speaker’s Committee);

(b)

subsections (1) to (3) of section 28 (transparency etc.);

(c)

section 30 (MPs’ allowances scheme);

(d)

subsection (6) of section 31 (allowances claims);

(e)

section 32 (MPs’ code of conduct relating to financial interests);

(f)

section 36 (further functions of the IPSA and Commissioner);

(g)

section 37 (expiry of provisions of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009);

(h)

section 38 (consequential amendments) in so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraph (i); and

(i)

in Schedule 5 (Parliamentary standards: consequential amendments)—

(i)

paragraph 2(a);

(ii)

paragraph 3;

(iii)

paragraph 4(2)(b);

(iv)

paragraph 5(2);

(v)

paragraph 6; and

(vi)

paragraph 7(2), (3)(c) and (4)(c).