Commentary on Sections Section 7: Reduction of remuneration
30.This section inserts new sections 47A, 47B and 47C into the 1998 Act to authorise the Assembly, or the Secretary of State, to provide for the withholding of the whole or a specified part of the salaries payable to a Minister or Junior Minister, or to all members of a particular party. These measures are not presently available under the 1998 Act.