(1)There may be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament into the House of Commons Members' Fund such annual contributions as the Treasury may from time to time determine having regard to the amount for the time being of the payments to be made out of the fund and of the income of the fund from other sources.
(2)The amount of the annual contributions payable under this section shall not exceed ten thousand pounds or such higher amount as the Treasury may by order direct.
(3)The power of the Treasury to make an order under subsection (2) of this section shall include power to revoke or vary such an order by a subsequent order and shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Commons,
(4)Subsection (4) of section four of the House of Commons Members' Fund Act, 1948 (which enables the House of Commons to appropriate for the relief of special hardship under that section up to one tenth of the sums deducted or set aside from the salaries of members of that House under the House of Commons Members' Fund Act, 1939) shall apply in relation to any contributions under this section as it applies in relation to sums so deducted or set aside.