Supplementary and general
Schedule1: Minor and Consequential Amendments and Repeals
110.This Schedule contains various tidying and consequential provisions, including a number of repeals.
Civil List Audit Act 1816
111.Paragraph 1 repeals the Civil List Audit Act 1816. Under that Act the Treasury appointed an auditor for the civil list. Provision is made under sections 2 and 4 of this Act for the public auditor, the Comptroller and Auditor General, to audit both Royal Household resources used for Her Majesty’s official business and the Reserve Fund.
Civil List Act 1837
112.Paragraphs 2 to 4 amend sections 5 and 6 of the Civil List Act 1837 to make permanent the current position that honorific pensions are no longer paid from the civil list.
113.Paragraph 5 omits section 14 of that Act because it is spent.
Crown Lands Act 1936
114.Paragraph 6 amends the Crown Lands Act 1936 to insert a reference to ‘section 1 of the Sovereign Grant Act 2011’ so that the powers in question remain contingent on the continued surrender of hereditary revenues by the Sovereign.
Civil List Act 1937
115.This Act is repealed by paragraph 7 because none of its provisions are required any more.
Consolidated Fund (Civil List Provisions) Act 1951
116.This Act is repealed by paragraph 8 because it has no effect.
Civil List Act 1952
117.The Civil List Act 1952 is amended to take account of provisions in this Act.
118.Paragraph 10 omits section 2 of the Act which is superseded by the abolition of the civil list and the new provisions in section 9 of this Act.
119.Paragraph 11 omits section 5 of the Act as that section ceased to have effect on the death of HRH the Princess Margaret.
120.Paragraph 12 extends section 7 of the Act to allow for retirement allowances granted by a future monarch in respect of a person who has been a member of the Royal Household.
121.Paragraph 13 updates the provisions for charging payments on the Consolidated Fund to remove civil list payments that are being ended.
122.Paragraph 14 alters the constitution of the Royal Trustees in section 10 of the Civil List Act 1952 to recognise that the functions of the Royal Trustees are not limited to functions under that Act.
123.Paragraph 15 omits section 11 of that Act as it is no longer needed.
124.Paragraph 16 omits references to the civil list in section 12 of that Act because the civil list is being abolished.
125.Paragraph 17 removes references to honorific pensions ending six months after the end of a reign. Section 16(5) in this Act provides that the provisions relating to honorific pensions, paid under sections 5 of the Civil List Act 1837, will have permanent effect.
Forestry Act 1967
126.Paragraph 18 updates a reference to the Civil List Act 1952 in the Forestry Act 1967 to ensure that the compensation arrangements mentioned there remain contingent on the ending of the surrender of hereditary revenues by the Sovereign.
Family Law Reform Act 1969
127.Paragraphs 19 to 21 amend the Family Law Reform Act 1969 to omit references to the Duke of Cornwall and other of Her Majesty’s children. The meaning of the minority of a Duke of Cornwall is covered by section 9 of this Act.
Civil List Act 1972
128.Paragraphs 22 to 28 amend the Civil List Act 1972.
129.Paragraph 23 omits section 1 of the Act in its entirety. The civil list is being replaced by the Sovereign Grant in section 1 of this Act.
130.Paragraph 24 omits provisions which are either superseded by provisions in this Act or are spent.
131.Paragraph 25 omits the second sentence of section 4(1) of that Act which relates to civil list pensions. It removes a power to increase the additional annual cost of such pensions from the limit set out in section 5 of the Civil List Act 1837.
132.Paragraph 26 omits section 5 of that Act. This Act replaces the civil list with a Sovereign Grant so the Royal Trustees will no longer need to report on the civil list arrangements.
133.Paragraph 27 omits section 7 of that Act which is spent because no payments will be made under the Act.
134.Paragraph 28 omits interpretational and transitional provisions that are no longer needed.
House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975
135.Paragraph 29 removes the entry of the Auditor of the Civil List from the list of offices that are disqualified from membership of the House of Commons. That office is abolished by paragraph 1 of this Schedule.
Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975
136.Paragraph 30 removes the entry of the Auditor of the Civil List from the list of offices that are disqualified from membership of the Northern Ireland Assembly. That office is abolished by paragraph 1 of this Schedule.
Employment Rights Act 1996
137.Paragraph 31 substitutes ‘the Sovereign Grant’ for ‘the Queen’s Civil List’ in section 171(3) of that Act.
State Pension Credit Act 2002
138.Paragraph 32 provides that pensions provided under section 5 of the Civil List Act 1837 or section 7 of the Civil List Act 1952 are included as retirement pension income for the purposes of the State Pension Credit Act 2002.
State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
139.Paragraph 33 provides that pensions provided under section 5 of the Civil List Act 1837 or section 7 of the Civil List Act 1952 are included as retirement pension income for the purposes of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002.