Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975

1(1)The salary to be paid to the holder of any office mentioned above in this Schedule shall be of the annual amount [F1provided for] F2...U.K.

(2)The date on which the holder of any office listed at (a) to (g) in Part I above becomes or ceases to be a member of the Cabinet shall be notified in the London Gazette, and any such notification (whether before or after the passing of this Act) shall be conclusive evidence for the purposes of this Schedule.

[F3(3)For the purposes of this Schedule a person is a member of the House of Commons for the period beginning with the day after the day of the poll for the parliamentary election at which the person is elected, and ending with—

(a)if the person is a member immediately before Parliament is dissolved, the day of the poll for the parliamentary general election which follows the dissolution;

(b)otherwise, the day on which the person ceases to be a member.]