Citation and commencement

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Ministerial and other Salaries Order 2008.

(2) This Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Increases in salaries under the 1975 Act

2. —(1) The annual amount, or the maximum and minimum annual amount, of any salary payable under section 1(1), (3) or (3A) of the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 (“the 1975 Act”) is—

(a) increased, with effect from the start of 1st April 2007, by 0.84% of the amount as it stood on 31st March 2007, and

(b) further increased, with effect from the start of 1st November 2007, by 1.06% of the amount as it stood on 31st March 2007;

and the increases under sub-paragraph (a) are made after the increases under section 1A of the 1975 Act for the year starting with 1st April 2007.

(2) Section 1A of the 1975 Act applies for the year starting with 1st April 2008 and subsequent years taking into account the increases under paragraph (1).

(3) This Article has effect in relation to the holding by a person of a paid office at a relevant time only if that person is holding that paid office or another paid office when this Order comes into force.

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3)—

(a) a person holds a paid office if the person holds an office or position for which the person is being paid a salary under section 1 of the 1975 Act, and

(b) “relevant time” means a time on or after 1st April 2007 and before the coming into force of this Order.