This document establishes the specific financial remuneration and pension entitlements for government ministers and other public officials within the United Kingdom as of 1980. The text is a formal statutory instrument issued by the British government, serving as a legal record of salary adjustments and pension frameworks. It provides the official regulatory basis for public sector compensation during the specified period, reflecting the legislative priorities of the administration at that time.

This document is utilized primarily by legal researchers, historians, and archivists interested in the evolution of British public sector compensation. It is a highly technical and dense primary source that requires familiarity with legislative drafting conventions to interpret effectively.