Salaries (Comptroller and Auditor General) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2005 No. 11

SALARIES

Salaries (Comptroller and Auditor General) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005

Made

9th January 2005

To be laid before Parliament under paragraph 7(3) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000

Coming into operation

7th March 2005

In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 4(1) of the Audit (Northern Ireland) Order 1987(1) and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I hereby make the following Order:

Title and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Salaries (Comptroller and Auditor General) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 7th March 2005.

Revocation

2.  The Salaries (Comptroller and Auditor General) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004(2) is hereby revoked.

Salary

3.  The annual salary payable to the holder of the office of Comptroller and Auditor General shall be increased from £119,449 to £122,435 from 1st April 2004.

Paul Murphy

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Northern Ireland Office

9th January 2005

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order provides for an increase in the annual salary payable to the Comptroller and Auditor General following recommendations made in the Report of the Review Body on Senior Salaries in 2004 (HMSO CM 6099).

The increase is made with effect from 1st April 2004 under Article 4(1) of the Audit (Northern Ireland) Order 1987.

Article 2 revokes the Salaries (Comptroller and Auditor General) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004.

(1)

S.I. 1987/460 (N.I. 5); Article 4(1) is modified by paragraph 11(3) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (c. 1) while section 1 (devolved government) of that Act is in force.