3F1 Resettlement grants to persons ceasing to be Representatives.
C1F31
The IPSA may make a scheme providing for allowances to be payable to persons to whom this section applies, in connection with their ceasing to be Representatives.
2
It may do so only if a scheme under section 5 of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 (MPs' allowances scheme) makes provision for allowances to be payable in connection with persons ceasing to be Members on a dissolution of Parliament.
3
A scheme under this section must make provision which is as nearly equivalent to the provision made by the scheme under section 5 of that Act as the IPSA considers practicable.
3A
The IPSA must send to the Speaker of the House of Commons for laying before both Houses of Parliament—
a
any scheme made by it under this section, and
b
a statement of the reasons for making the scheme.
3B
When the scheme and the statement of reasons have been laid, the IPSA must publish them in a way it considers appropriate.
3C
This section applies to a person who is a Representative immediately before the end of a five-year period, and either—
a
does not stand for election to the European Parliament at the general election of representatives to the European Parliament held in that period, or
b
does so stand at that election (whether for the same or a different electoral region) and is not elected.
3D
A scheme made by the IPSA under this section may amend or revoke any previous scheme made by the IPSA under this section.
4
In this section “five-year period" means a period of five years for which Representatives have been elected to the European Parliament; but if any such period is extended or curtailed, the references in this section to the end of that period shall be construed accordingly.
F25
This section does not apply after 14 July 2009, except in relation to a Representative who is an opted-out Representative.