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Act of Parliament | |
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Long title | An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to the salaries of Ministers, the pensions of Prime Ministers, the salaries of Opposition Leaders and Chief Whips and other matters connected therewith. |
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Citation | 1965 c. 58 |
Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 5 August 1965 |
Commencement | 5 August 1965 [b] |
Repealed | 10 February 1972 |
Other legislation | |
Repeals/revokes | Ministers of the Crown Act 1937 |
Repealed by | Parliamentary and Other Pensions Act 1972 |
Relates to | Ministerial Salaries and Members' Pensions Act 1965 |
Status: Repealed | |
Text of statute as originally enacted |
The Ministerial Salaries Consolidation Act 1965 (c. 58) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It repealed the Ministers of the Crown Act 1937 (1 Edw. 8. & 1 Geo. 6. c. 38), which is notable for first providing a legal definition of the Leader of the Opposition. [1]
The whole act was repealed by section 36(1) of, and schedule 4 to, the Parliamentary and Other Pensions Act 1972.