PART 11Employment
Public sector exit payments
153CF1Power to relax restriction on public sector exit payments
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A Minister of the Crown may relax any restriction imposed by regulations made by the Treasury under section 153A.
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The Scottish Ministers may relax any restriction imposed by regulations made by the Scottish Ministers under section 153A.
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The Welsh Ministers may relax any restriction imposed by regulations made by the Welsh Ministers under section 153A.
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A requirement may be relaxed—
a
in respect of a particular employee or office-holder or a description of employees or office-holders;
b
in relation to the whole or any part of an exit payment, or a description of exit payments.
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Regulations under section 153A made by the Treasury may—
a
make provision for the power under subsection (1) to be exercisable on behalf of a Minister of the Crown by a person specified in the regulations;
b
except in relation to exit payments made by a F2devolved Welsh authority, make provision for a requirement to be relaxed only—
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with the consent of the Treasury, or
ii
following compliance with any directions given by the Treasury;
c
make provision as to the publication of information about any relaxation of a requirement granted.
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Regulations under section 153A made by the Scottish Ministers may—
a
make provision for the power under subsection (2) to be exercisable on behalf of the Scottish Ministers by a person specified in the regulations;
b
where provision is made by virtue of paragraph (a), make provision for a requirement to be relaxed only—
i
with the consent of the Scottish Ministers, or
ii
following compliance with any directions given by the Scottish Ministers;
c
make provision as to the publication of information about any relaxation of a requirement granted.
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Regulations under section 153A made by the Welsh Ministers may—
a
make provision for the power under subsection (3) to be exercisable on behalf of the Welsh Ministers by a person specified in the regulations;
b
where provision is made by virtue of paragraph (a), make provision for a requirement to be relaxed only—
i
with the consent of the Welsh Ministers, or
ii
following compliance with any directions given by the Welsh Ministers;
c
make provision as to the publication of information about any relaxation of a requirement granted.
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Regulations made by the Treasury under section 153A(1)—
a
must, if they make provision in relation to exit payments made by a F3devolved Welsh authority, provide for the power conferred on a Minister of the Crown by subsection (1) to be exercised instead by the Welsh Ministers in relation to those exit payments;
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may provide for the power conferred on a Minister of the Crown by subsection (1) to be exercised instead by the Welsh Ministers in relation to exit payments made by any other authority who is not a F4devolved Welsh authority but who wholly or mainly exercises functions in relation to Wales (but this does not limit the provision that may be made under subsection (5)(a)).
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In this section—
“Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975;
F5“devolved Welsh authority” has the same meaning as in the Government of Wales Act 2006 (see section 157A of that Act).