Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1967 c. 13
(1) For the purpose of conducting investigations in accordance with the following provisions of this Act there shall be appointed a Commissioner, to be known as the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration.(2) Her Majesty may by Letters Patent from time to time appoint a person to be the Commissioner (2A) A person appointed to be the Commissioner shall hold office until the end of the period for which he is appointed.(2B) That period must be not more than seven years.(2C) Subsection (2A) is subject to subsections (3) and (3A) .relieved of office by Her Majesty at his own request, orremoved from office by Her Majesty, on the ground of misbehaviour, in consequence of Addresses from both Houses of Parliament.of performing the duties of his office; andof requesting to be relieved of it.(3B) A person appointed to be the Commissioner is not eligible for re-appointment.(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1) There shall be paid to the holder of the office of Commissioner the same salary as if he were employed in the civil service of the State in such appointment as the House of Commons may by resolution from time to time determine; and a resolution under this subsection may take effect from the date on which it is passed or from such other date as may be specified in the resolution.(2) In relation to any time before the first resolution under subsection (1) above takes effect, the salary payable to the holder of the office of Commissioner shall be the same salary as if he were employed in the civil service of the State as a Permanent Secretary.(3) The provisions of Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the pensions and other benefits to be paid to or in respect of persons who have held office as Commissioner.(4) The salary payable to a holder of the office of Commissioner shall be abated by the amount of any pension payable to him in respect of any public office in the United Kingdom or elsewhere to which he had previously been appointed or elected; . . . any abatement of that salary under subsection (4) above,any temporary abatement of that salary in the national interest, andany voluntary surrender of that salary in whole or in part,(5) Any salary, pension or other benefit payable by virtue of this section shall be charged on and issued out of the Consolidated Fund.(1) The Commissioner may appoint such officers as he may determine with the approval of the Treasury as to numbers and conditions of service.(1A) The Commissioner may appoint and pay a mediator or other appropriate person to assist him in the conduct of an investigation under this Act.(2) Any function of the Commissioner under this Act may be performed by any officer of the Commissioner authorised for that purpose by the Commissioner F12, by any member of the staff so authorised F13of the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales or by any officer so authorised of the Health Service Commissioner for England . . . .(2A) For the purposes of conducting a joint investigation referred to in section 11ZAA of this Act, any function of the Commissioner under this Act may be performed by F16any person discharging or assisting in the discharge of a function of a Local Commissioner, but only if the person is authorised for the purpose by the Commissioner.(3) The expenses of the Commissioner under this Act, to such amount as may be sanctioned by the Treasury, shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament.

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