
ANNEX
1 

(1) In the heading to paragraph 2 (Remuneration) of the
                                        schedule, after “Remuneration” insert “and related
                                        undertaking”.
(2) Paragraph 2 is amended as follows.
(3) At the beginning of that paragraph, insert—“
(A1) Where the circumstances are as described in
                                                  sub-paragraph (1) or (1A).”.
(4) In sub- paragraph (1)(f), delete the words “or any other
                                        work”.
(5) After sub-paragraph (1), insert—“
(1A) Where a member is, or was—
(a) a director in a related undertaking;
                                                  or
(b) a partner in a firm,but does, or did, not receive remuneration
                                                  by virtue of being such a director or
                                                  partner.”
(6) In sub-paragraph (2), insert after “corporation” the words
                                        “or of Convener, deputy Convener or member of a Committee of
                                        the Parliament”.
(7) After sub-paragraph (2), insert—“
(3) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply where the
                                                  remuneration received from a person on a single,
                                                  or on more than one, occasion during the current
                                                  parliamentary session consists solely of expenses
                                                  unless those expenses amount, or amount in
                                                  aggregate, to more than the specified
                                                  limit.
(4) The exception in sub-paragraph (3) applies
                                                  even although the remuneration received from that
                                                  person on another occasion, or on other occasions,
                                                  during that session does not consist solely of
                                                  expenses.
(5) In this paragraph—
 “current parliamentary session” means the
                                                  parliamentary session which begins immediately
                                                  after, or in which, the member is returned;
 “a related undertaking” is a parent or
                                                  subsidiary undertaking of an undertaking of which
                                                  the member is a director and receives remuneration
                                                  as a director as mentioned in sub-paragraph
                                                  (1)(d); and
 “specified limit” means 1% of a member’s
                                                  salary (rounded down to the nearest £10) at the
                                                  beginning of the current parliamentary
                                                  session.”.
2 
Paragraphs 3 (Related Undertaking), 4 (Election expenses) and 5
                                (Sponsorship) of the schedule are deleted.
3 

(1) Paragraph 6 (Gifts) of the schedule is amended as
                                        follows.
(2) In sub-paragraph (1), delete sub-paragraph (a) and the
                                        words “(b) that gift meets” and insert—“
(a) in the case where the gift was received from a
                                                  person on a single occasion, the value of that
                                                  gift, at the date on which it was received,
                                                  exceeds the specified limit; or
(b) in the case where gifts were received from
                                                  that person on more than one occasion during the
                                                  current parliamentary session, the aggregate value
                                                  of those gifts, at the dates on which they were
                                                  received, exceeds the specified limit and, in
                                                  either case,
(c) that gift or those gifts meet”.
(3) In sub-paragraph (2)—
(a) after “to” insert “(a)”;
(b) delete “(a)” (where it occurs for the second time)
                                                and insert “(i)”;
(c) delete “(b)” and insert “(ii)”; and
(d) after “the case may be” delete the full stop and
                                                insert—“;
(b) any support (of any kind) provided by the
                                                  services of a volunteer which are provided in that
                                                  volunteer’s own time and free of charge; or
(c) a donation (of any kind) which is intended
                                                  by the donor to be used for the purpose of
                                                  meeting—
(i) any campaign expenditure incurred in
                                                  connection with the member’s campaign for election
                                                  to a party office;
(ii) the election expenses of the member in
                                                  relation to the election at which that member was
                                                  returned as a member of the Scottish Parliament;
                                                  or
(iii) the election expenses of the member in
                                                  relation to any UK parliamentary election at which
                                                  that member stands as a candidate,
but this exemption ceases to apply if the
                                                  donation is not used for its intended purpose by
                                                  the expiry of the 35th day after the election
                                                  result is declared.”.
(4) In sub-paragraph (3)—
(a) delete “sub-paragraph (1)” and insert “this
                                                paragraph—“
 “candidate” has the same meaning as in
                                                  section 118A, as read with section 90ZA(5) of the
                                                  Representation of the People Act 1983
                                                  (c.1);
 “campaign expenditure” includes expenditure
                                                  incurred, whether before or after the member’s
                                                  candidacy for election to the party office is
                                                  announced or after the date on which the result of
                                                  that election is declared, which can reasonably be
                                                  described as being for the purposes of that
                                                  campaign;”and
(b) in the end of the definition of “controlling
                                                interest” delete the full stop and insert—“;
 “current parliamentary session” means the
                                                  parliamentary session which begins immediately
                                                  after, or in which, the member is returned;
 “election expenses”, in relation to a
                                                  member, has the same meaning for the purposes
                                                  of—
(i) sub-paragraph (2)(c) (ii) as “election
                                                  expenses” has in relation to a candidate in the
                                                  order under section 12 of the 1998 Act which is in
                                                  force for the purposes of the election at which
                                                  the member was returned; and
(ii) sub-paragraph (2)(c)(iii) as “election
                                                  expenses” has in section 90ZA of the
                                                  Representation of the People Act 1983
                                                  (c.1);
 “party office” means an office in a
                                                  registered political party with which that member
                                                  is connected;
 “registered political party” means a
                                                  political party registered under Part II of the
                                                  Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act
                                                  2000 (c.41) and a member
                                                  is “connected with” a registered political party
                                                  if the member was returned at the election after
                                                  contesting it as a candidate (whether for return
                                                  as a constituency member or as a regional member)
                                                  of that party; and
 “specified limit” means 1% of a member’s
                                                  salary (rounded down to the nearest £10) at the
                                                  beginning of the current parliamentary
                                                  session.”
4 

(1) Paragraph 8 (Heritable property) of the schedule is
                                        amended as follows.
(2) In sub-paragraph (2)(a), delete the words “50 per cent of
                                        a member’s salary on that date (rounded down to the nearest
                                        £10)” and insert “the specified limit”.
(3) Delete sub-paragraph (2)(b) and insert—“
(b) any income is received from the heritable
                                                  property during the twelve months prior to the
                                                  relevant date.”.
(4) In sub-paragraph (3)(a), delete “his or her own” and
                                        insert “ the member’s”.
(5) After sub-paragraph (7) insert—“
(8) In this paragraph—
 “current parliamentary session” means the
                                                  parliamentary session which begins immediately
                                                  after, or in which, the member is returned;
                                                  and
 “specified limit” means 50% of a member’s
                                                  salary (rounded down to the nearest £10) at the
                                                  beginning of the current parliamentary
                                                  session.”.
5 

(1) Paragraph 9 (Interest in shares) of the schedule is
                                        amended as follows.
(2) In sub-paragraph (2)(b), delete the words “50 per cent of
                                        a member’s salary on that date (rounded down to the nearest
                                        £10)” and insert “the specified limit”.
(3) In sub-paragraph (3), delete “apply”.
(4) In sub-paragraph (3)(a), delete “his or her own name” and
                                        insert “ the name of the member (or relevant
                                        person)”.
(5) In sub-paragraph (8)—
(a) insert after “paragraph”—“
 “current parliamentary session” means the
                                                  parliamentary session which begins immediately
                                                  after, or in which, the member is returned;”
(b) delete the words “(a)” and “and (b)”; and
(c) at the end of that sub-paragraph, delete the full
                                                stop and insert—“;
 “specified limit” means 50% of a member’s
                                                  salary (rounded down to the nearest £10) at the
                                                  beginning of the current parliamentary
                                                  session.”.