{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/house-of-commons-members-fund-act-2016/section-5",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2016/18",
  "legislation_title": "House of Commons Members' Fund Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/house-of-commons-members-fund-act-2016",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Levy on Members' salaries: variation and suspension",
  "text": "(1) The trustees may by direction increase the amounts set by resolution under section 4 in respect of a specified financial year by the percentage applied for the purposes of Part I of the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 in respect of that financial year.\n(2) The trustees may by direction suspend deductions under section 4 while they believe that the Fund has sufficient assets to meet demands on it.\n(3) When a suspension is lifted, deductions resume (but without adjustment to recover amounts not collected during the suspension).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/18/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:15.826326+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}