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The Ministerial and other Salaries Order 2001

S.I. 2001/3502 · Made 31 October 2001

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PARLIAMENT

Made 31st October 2001

Coming into force 1st November 2001

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 31st day of October 2001

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas a draft of this Order has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 1B(1) and (3)(b) of the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975f1, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1975 c. 27. Section 1B was inserted by the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1997 (c. 62). Amendments were made to the 1975 Act by the Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1913) and by the Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2037).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Increase of Ministerial salaries in the House of Lords
  3. 3Increase of salaries of Opposition Leaders and Whips in the House of Lords
  4. 4Interpretation: the interim period
  5. Signature
  6. Schedule 1Schedule 1
  7. Schedule 2Schedule 2
  8. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Ministerial and other Salaries Order 2001.

(2)

This Order shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

2Increase of Ministerial salaries in the House of Lords

For the annual amount, or the maximum and minimum annual amounts, of salary specified in Parts 1 to 4 of Schedule 1 to the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 (“the 1975 Act”) in relation to each office specified in the first column of Schedule 1 to this Order there is substituted, in the case of a holder of the office who is a member of the House of Lords—

(a)

for the interim period, the amount specified in relation to the office in the second column of Schedule 1 to this Order;

(b)

from 1st April 2002, that amount increased by £2,000 together with any increase in accordance with section 1A of the 1975 Act.

3Increase of salaries of Opposition Leaders and Whips in the House of Lords

For the annual amount of salary specified in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the 1975 Act in relation to each of the positions specified in the first column of Schedule 2 to this Order there is substituted—

(a)

for the interim period, the amount specified in relation to the position in the second column of Schedule 2 to this Order;

(b)

from 1st April 2002, that amount increased by £2,000 together with any increase in accordance with section 1A of the 1975 Act.

4Interpretation: the interim period

In this Order “the interim period” means the period starting with 20th June 2001 and ending with 31st March 2002.

Signature

A. K. Galloway

Clerk of the Privy Council

Schedule 1

Office£
Lord Privy Seal, for so long as the holder is a member of the Cabinet90,562
Attorney General94,829
Minister of State, for so long as the holder is not a member of the Cabinet70,283
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms70,283
Parliamentary Secretary, other than the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury60,961
Captain of the Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard60,961
Lord in Waiting56,224

Schedule 2

Position£
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords60,961
Chief Opposition Whip in the House of Lords56,224

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases salaries payable under the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975, as amended, to certain Ministers and Members of the Opposition in the House of Lords. The amounts specified in this Order are the maximum salaries payable. The actual salaries may therefore be less.