| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to regulate the salaries payable in respect of certain Administrative Offices of State; to provide for the payment of additional salaries to members of the Cabinet holding offices at salaries less than five thousand pounds a year, of a salary to any person being Prime Minister, of pensions to persons who have been Prime Minister, and of a salary to any person being Leader of the Opposition; to simplify the law as to the capacity of persons holding offices of profit to sit and vote in Parliament; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. |
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| Citation | 1 Edw. 8. & 1 Geo. 6. c. 38 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 1 July 1937 |
| Repealed | 1965 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Ministerial Salaries Consolidation Act 1965 |
Status: Repealed | |
The Ministers of the Crown Act 1937 (1 Edw. 8. & 1 Geo. 6. c. 38) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that set salaries for members of the government and opposition. It is notable as the first Act to formally recognise the Prime Minister, the Cabinet and the Leader of the Opposition.
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