The National Assembly for Wales (Assembly Members) (Salaries) (Limitation) Order 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/1083
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the National Assembly for Wales (Assembly Members) (Salaries) (Limitation) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 5th May 1999.

Section 2 Application

This Order applies to an Assembly member to whom a salary is payable–

(a) pursuant to a resolution (or combination of resolutions) of either House of Parliament; or

(b) under section 1 of the European Parliament (Pay and Pensions) Act 1979 (remuneration of United Kingdom MEPs ) .

Section 3 Limitation

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), in respect of an Assembly member to whom this Order applies, the amount of salary payable to him as an Assembly member under section 16 of the Government of Wales Act 1998 shall, for such period that a salary is also payable to him as specified in article 2(a) or (b), be reduced to one-third of the amount of salary that would (apart from this Order) be payable to him as an Assembly member.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to reduce the amount of salary that is payable under the said section 16 of the said Act of 1998 to an Assembly member in his capacity as the holder of any office specified in Part III of that Act of 1998 or in the standing orders of the Assembly .