Administration of Justice Act 1925

13 Accounts of funds in court

(1) Accounts in such form as the Treasury may direct, including all such accounts as may be necessary for carrying into effect the orders of the High Court, shall be kept for the purposes of the [35 & 36 Vict. c. 44.] Court of Chancery (Funds) Act, 1872, as amended by the [46 & 47 Vict. c. 29.] Supreme Court of Judicature (Funds, &c.) Act, 1883, and this Act, and separate accounts shall be kept for the transactions under those Acts of the Accountant-General of the Supreme Court and of the National Debt Commissioners and of the liability of the Consolidated Fund under those Acts.

The accounts to be kept as aforesaid shall be examined by the Comptroller and Auditor-General, and the Treasury shall cause copies of the accounts certified by the Comptroller and Auditor-General, together with his report thereon, to be sent to the Lord Chancellor and to be laid before both Houses of Parliament.

(2) The following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (9) of section eighteen of the Court of Chancery (Funds) Act, 1872 (which gives power to the Lord Chancellor, with the concurrence of the Treasury, to make rules for carrying that Act into effect) :—

“(9) Dealing with—

(a) accounts on which the balance of money and securities together amounts to less than five pounds;

(b) accounts on which that balance amounts to five pounds or more, but less than fifty pounds, and which have not been dealt with for a period of five years;

(c) accounts on which that balance amounts to fifty pounds or more and which have not been dealt with for a period of fifteen years;

and providing for the publication of lists of all or any of such last-mentioned accounts.”