The Scottish Parliament Salaries Scheme 1. (1) In this Scheme: "the Act" means the Scotland Act 1998; “general election" means an ordinary or extraordinary general election for membership of the Parliament held under section 2 or section 3 of the Act; “Schedule” means the Schedule to this Scheme; and "year" means a year starting on 1st April. (2) For the purposes of this Scheme, a person who is a member of the Parliament immediately before the Parliament is dissolved shall be treated- (a) if he or she continues to hold office by virtue of section 19(2) (term of office of the Presiding Officer and deputies) of, or paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 (term of office of members of the Parliamentary corporation) to, the Act, as if he or she were such a member until the end of the day on which he or she ceases to hold such office; and (b) if he or she does not fall within sub-paragraph (a) but is nominated as a candidate at the subsequent general election, as if he or she were such a member until the end of the day on which the election is held. 2. (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) and paragraphs 5 and 7, there shall be payable to every member of the Parliament a salary at the yearly rate specified in Part 1 of the Schedule. (2) For any period during which a salary is payable to a member of the Parliament under section 4 of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 (salaries of members of the House of Commons) or pursuant to a resolution of the House of Lords relating to the remuneration of members of that House, or under section 1 of the European Parliament (Pay and Pensions) Act 1979 (remuneration of United Kingdom MEPs), the yearly rate of the salary payable by virtue of this Scheme to that member for that period shall be reduced by two-thirds. (3) The salary payable by virtue of this paragraph to a member of the Parliament shall be payable from 1 April 2015 and, for any member elected after that date...