
1 
This Order may be cited as the European Parliament (Pay and Pensions) Act 1979 (Section 3 (Amendment) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 15th July 1994.
2 
For section 3 of the European Parliament (Pay and Pensions) Act 1979there shall be substituted the following section:—“
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(1) Where a person who is a Representative immediately before the end of any five-year period either—
(a) did not stand for election to the European Parliament at the general election of representatives to the European Parliament held in that period; or
(b) did so stand (whether for the same or a different constituency) at that election and was not elected,
he shall be entitled to a resettlement grant calculated in accordance with the following provisions of this section.
(2) Where a person becomes entitled to a grant under this section at the end of any five year period, its amount shall be equal to the relevant percentage of a years salary under section 1 at the rate applicable to him immediately before the end of that period, the relevant percentage for this purpose being that shown in the following Table in relation to his age at the end of that period and the number of years for which he has served as a Representative before the end of that period.

TABLE
Age Number of years of service
 Under 10 10 11 12 13 14 15 or over
Under 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50
50 50 50 52 54 56 58 60
51 50 52 55 58 62 65 68
52 50 54 58 63 67 72 76
53 50 56 62 67 73 78 84
54 50 58 65 72 78 85 92
55 to 64 50 60 68 76 84 92 100
65 50 58 65 72 78 85 92
66 50 56 62 67 73 78 84
67 50 54 58 63 67 72 76
68 50 52 55 58 62 65 68
69 50 50 52 54 56 58 60
70 or over 50 50 50 50 50 50 50
(3) In calculating for the purposes of subsection (2)the number of years for which a person has served as a Representative before the end of the period in question, there shall be disregarded—
(a) any fraction of a year for which he has so served; and
(b) if he has become entitled to a grant under this section on any previous occasion, any period of service which for those purposes was on that occasion either taken into account or disregarded under paragraph (a).
(4) In this section “five-year period” means a period of five years for which Representatives have been elected to the European Parliament; but if any such period is extended or curtailed, the references in this section to the end of that period shall be construed accordingly.”.
Michael Howard
One of Her Majestys Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
1994