For subsections (1) and (2) of the said section 1 there shall be substituted the following subsections—

“(1)

There shall be paid to the holder of the office of Comptroller and Auditor General the same salary as if he were employed in the civil service of the State in such appointment as the House of Commons may by resolution from time to time determine; and a resolution under this subsection may take effect from the date on which it is passed or from such other date as may be specified in the resolution.

(2)

In relation to any time before the first resolution under subsection (1) above takes effect, the salary payable to the holder of the office of Comptroller and Auditor General shall be the same salary as if he were employed in the civil service of the State as a Permanent Secretary.”

In subsection (4) of the said section 2 the words from “but any such abatement” to the end shall be omitted and after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(4A)

In computing the salary of a former holder of the office of Commissioner for the purposes of the said Schedule 1—

(a)

any abatement of that salary under subsection (4) above,

(b)

any temporary abatement of that salary in the national interest, and

(c)

any voluntary surrender of that salary in whole or in part,

shall be disregarded.”