The Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009 is amended in section 2 by substituting the following for subsection (3) with effect from 1 May 2009:

"(3) The person who is responsible for, or authorises, the payment of remuneration to a relevant person shall, subject to subsection (3A), deduct or cause to be deducted an amount -

(a) in the case of the period 1 March 2009 to 30 April 2009 where a relevant person not later than 30 April 2009 ceases to be a public servant and does not again become a relevant person in 2009, at the applicable rate or rates specified in Table A to this subsection in respect of that period,

(b) in the case of the period 1 March 2009 to 30 April 2009 (other than where paragraph (a) or subsection (3A) applies), at the applicable rate or rates specified in Table B to this subsection in respect of that period,

(c) in the case of the period 1 May 2009 to 31 December 2009 (other than where subsection (3A) applies), at the applicable rate or rates specified in Table C to this subsection in respect of that period, and

(d) in the case of the year 2010 and each subsequent year, at the applicable rate or rates specified in Table D to this subsection in respect of that year,

from the remuneration from time to time payable to the relevant person for the period concerned or any such year.

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