Public Trustee and Administration of Funds Act 1986 (c. 57)

Section 1.

SCHEDULE E+W Offices of Public Trustee and Accountant General

Public Trustee E+W

1 E+W For subsection (1) of section 8 of the M1 Public Trustee Act 1906 (appointment and tenure of office of public trustee) there shall be substituted the following—

“(1) The Lord Chancellor shall appoint such person as he thinks fits to the office of Public Trustee and the person so appointed shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his appointment.

(1A) The Public Trustee shall be paid such salary or fees as the Lord Chancellor determines with the consent of the Treasury.

(1B) If one person holds office both as the Public Trustee and as the Accountant General of the Supreme Court then, if he ceases to be the Accountant General, he shall also cease to be the Public Trustee unless the Lord Chancellor otherwise directs.

(1C) If a vacancy occurs in the office of Public Trustee or the person appointed to hold office is for any reason unable to act for any period such person as the Lord Chancellor appoints as deputy in that office shall, during the vacancy or that period, perform the functions of that office (and any property vested in the Public Trustee may accordingly be dealt with by the deputy in all respects as if it were vested in him instead).”

Marginal Citations

M1 Edw. 7 c. 55.

Accountant General of the Supreme Court E+W

2 E+W In section 93(1) of the M2 Supreme Court Act 1981 (status of officers for purposes of salary and pension), after the words “Schedule 2” there shall be inserted the words “ or the office of Accountant General of the Supreme Court ”.

Marginal Citations

M2 1981 c. 54.

3 E+W For subsections (2) and (3) of section 97 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (office of Accountant General) there shall be subsituted the following—

“(2) The Lord Chancellor shall appoint such person as he thinks fit to the office in the Supreme Court of Accountant General of the Supreme Court and the person so appointed shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his appointment.

(3) The Accountant General shall be paid such salary or fees as the Lord Chancellor determines with the consent of the Treasury.

(4) If one person holds office both as the Accountant General and as the Public Trustee then, if he ceases to be the Public Trustee, he shall also cease to be the Accountant General unless the Lord Chancellor otherwise directs.

(5) If a vacancy occurs in the office of Accountant General or the person appointed to hold the office is for any reason unable to act for any period such person as the Lord Chancellor appoints as deputy in that office shall, during the vacancy or that period, perform the functions of that office (and any property vested in the Accountant General may accordingly be dealt with by the deputy in all respects as if it were vested in him instead).”

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Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. para. 4 repealed by Parliamentary and Health Service Commissioners Act 1987 (c. 39, SIF 89), s. 10(2), Sch. 2