Section 5: Opposition leave: amount and payment of allowance
This section sets out the calculation of the allowance to be paid to a person pursuant to section 4(1) of this Act.
	Subsection (1) sets the rate of the allowance as being equivalent to the salary which is being paid to the holder of the Opposition office for whom the person appointed under this Act is providing cover. The allowance is paid in monthly instalments during the period of cover.
	Subsection (2) provides that the allowance ceases to be payable when the appointment ends and that any overpayment may be recouped.
	Subsection (3) provides that payments under this section are to be charged on and paid out of the Consolidated Fund. The salaries of these Opposition office holders are also paid out of the Consolidated Fund, under the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975.