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Parliamentary Standards Act 2009

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Introductory

    1. 1.Bill of Rights

    2. 2.House of Lords

  3. Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority etc

    1. 3.Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority etc

  4. Salaries and allowances for MPs

    1. 4.MPs' salaries

    2. 5.MPs' allowances scheme

    3. 6.Dealing with claims under the scheme

    4. 7.Information and guidance about taxation

  5. MPs' code of conduct relating to financial interests

    1. 8.MPs' code of conduct relating to financial interests

  6. Investigation and enforcement

    1. 9.Investigations

    2. 10.Offence of providing false or misleading information for allowances claims

  7. Final provisions

    1. 11.Further functions of the IPSA and Commissioner

    2. 12.Interpretation

    3. 13.Power to make transitional etc provision

    4. 14.Short title and commencement

    5. 15.Expiry of provisions of the Act

  8. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

      1. Part 1 Members of the IPSA

        1. 1.Membership

        2. 2.Appointment of chair and ordinary members

        3. 3.Terms and conditions: general

        4. 4.Term of office

        5. 5.Resignation and removal from office

        6. 6.Remuneration

        7. 7.Code of conduct

        8. 8.Disqualification

      2. Part 2 The IPSA

        1. 9.Status

        2. 10.Efficiency

        3. 11.Powers

        4. 12.Committees

        5. 13.Procedure and proceedings

        6. 14.Staff

        7. 15.(1) The Speaker may appoint a person (“the interim chief...

        8. 16.Staff pensions

        9. 17.Separation of administration functions and regulation functions

        10. 18.Meaning of “administration functions” and “regulation functions”

        11. 19.Delegation

        12. 20.Contracting-out of payment functions

        13. 21.Delegation and contracting out of pension functions

        14. 22.Funding

        15. 23.Accounts

        16. 24.Audit

        17. 25.Annual report

        18. 26.Documentary evidence

        19. 27.Freedom of information

        20. 28.Public records

        21. 29.Interpretation

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Commissioner for Parliamentary Investigations

      1. 1.Appointment of Commissioner

      2. 2.Terms and conditions: general

      3. 3.Term of office

      4. 4.Resignation and removal from office

      5. 5.Remuneration

      6. 6.Status

      7. 7.Funding

      8. 8.Annual report

      9. 9.Disqualification

      10. 10.Freedom of information

      11. 11.Public records

      12. 12.Interpretation

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

      1. 1.Membership

      2. 2.Term of office

      3. 3.Committee proceedings

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