Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
1997 No. 296

LANDS TRIBUNAL
Lands Tribunal (Salaries) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997

Made
17th June 1997

To be laid before Parliament under paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974

Coming into operation
7th August 1997

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(5) of the Lands Tribunal and Compensation Act (Northern Ireland) 1964(1) and section 18 of the Administrative and Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 1962(2) and now vested in me(3) 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 Lands Tribunal (Salaries) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 7th August 1997.

Revocation

2.  The Lands Tribunal (Salaries) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996(4) is hereby revoked.

Increases in salaries

3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the annual salary payable to the President of the Lands Tribunal shall be increased as follows—

(a)from £89,123 to £91,478 from 1st April 1997;

(b)from £91,478 to £92,378 from 1st December 1997.

(2) The annual salary payable to a President of the Lands Tribunal appointed after this Order comes into operation shall be £79,667 and shall be increased to £83,586 from 1st December 1997.

(3) The annual salary payable to any other member of the Lands Tribunal shall be increased as follows—

(a)from £76,716 to £79,667 from 1st April 1997;

(b)from £79,667 to £80,430 from 1st December 1997.

L.S.
M. Mowlam
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Northern Ireland Office
17th June 1997

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)
This Order provides for changes in the annual salaries payable to members of the Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland following recommendations made in the Report of the Review Body on Senior Salaries in 1997 (HMSO CM 3540 and 3541).
It increases, with retrospective effect from 1st April 1997 under Section 18 of the Administrative and Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 1962, the annual salary of the President of the Lands Tribunal and all other members of the Tribunal.
It also increases with effect from 1st December 1997 the annual salary of the President of the Lands Tribunal and all other members of the Tribunal.
It changes, with effect from the coming into operation of the Order, the salary payable to a President appointed after the Order comes into operation.
Article 2 revokes the Lands Tribunal (Salaries) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996.


(1)
1964 c. 29 (N.I.)

(2)
1962 c. 7 (N.I.)

(3)
By Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36) s. 40 Sch. 5 para. 4(2)

(4)
S.R. 1996 No. 377