Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2010.

Commencement

2.  The following provisions of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 come into force on 29th March 2010—

(a)section 5 (MPs’ allowances scheme);

(b)section 6 (Dealing with claims under the scheme).

3.  The following provisions of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 come into force on the day after the day on which the poll is taken at a parliamentary general election for the first or only time in 2010—

(a)section 4 (MPs’ salaries);

(b)section 10 (Offence of providing false or misleading information for allowances claims);

(c)in Schedule 1 (Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority)—

(i)paragraph 17;

(ii)paragraph 18(1) with the exception of the full-out words;

(iii)paragraph 18(2)(a).

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force provisions of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 (“the 2009 Act”) relating to MPs’ salaries and to the MPs’ allowances scheme under which the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (“the IPSA”) is to pay allowances to Members of Parliament.

Article 2 brings into force provisions of the 2009 Act on 29th March 2010. Article 2(a) brings into force section 5 which makes provision for the scheme itself and the IPSA’s duty to pay allowances under it; and article 2(b) brings into force section 6 which provides for the handling of claims made under the scheme.

Article 3 brings into force other provisions of the 2009 Act on the day after the General Election in 2010 (or, should there be more than one General Election in 2010, the day after the first one). Article 3(a) brings into force section 4 which provides for the IPSA to pay the salaries of members of the House of Commons; article 3(b) brings into force section 10 which creates an offence of providing false or misleading information for claims under the MPs’ allowances scheme; and article 3(c) brings into force paragraph 17 and provisions of 18 of Schedule 1, which make provision in relation to the functions of the IPSA.

A regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared for this Order as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)