(1)The Assembly must make provision for the payment of salaries to persons to whom this section applies.
(2)The Assembly may make provision for the payment of allowances to persons to whom this section applies.
(3)The Assembly may make provision for the payment of pensions, gratuities or allowances to, or in respect of, any person who has ceased to be a person to whom this section applies.
(4)Such provision may, in particular, include provision for—
(a)contributions or payments towards provision for such pensions, gratuities or allowances, and
(b)the establishment and administration (whether by the Assembly Commission or otherwise) of one or more pension schemes.
(5)This section applies to—
(a)the First Minister,
(b)every Welsh Minister appointed under section 48,
(c)the Counsel General, and
(d)every Deputy Welsh Minister.
(6)Sums required for the making of payments by virtue of provision under this section are payable out of the Welsh Consolidated Fund.
(7)Provision under this section may be made by—
(a)the standing orders, or
(b)resolutions of the Assembly,
and may include provision conferring functions on the Assembly Commission.