Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1866

1 Short title. E+W+S+N.I.

This Act may be cited for all purposes as “The Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1866.”

2 Definition of terms. E+W+S+N.I.

In this Act . . . F1 “principal accountants” shall mean those who receive issues directly from the accounts of Her Majesty’s Exchequer at the [F2 Banks of England]; “sub-accountants” shall mean those who receive advances, by way of imprest, from principal accountants, or who receive fees or other public moneys through other channels; “the Secretaries of the Treasury” shall include the Assistant Secretary.

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Amendments (Textual)

F1 Definitions repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14)

F2 S. 2: words in definition of “principal accountants” substituted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 29, Sch. 1 para. 2; S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

3 Power to Her Majesty to appoint “Comptroller and Auditor General” and “Assistant Comptroller and Auditor”, who shall not hold any other offices during pleasure, nor be members or peers of Parliament. E+W+S+N.I.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3 The Comptroller and Auditor General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4 shall hold their offices during good behaviour, subject, however, to their removal therefrom by Her Majesty, on an address from the two Houses of Parliament; and they shall not be capable of holding their offices together with any other office to be held during pleasure under the Crown, or under any officer appointed by the Crown;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5 ; nor shall any peer of Parliament be capable of holding either of the said offices. [F6 But a person may at the same time hold both the office of Comptroller and Auditor General and the office of Auditor General for Wales.]

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Amendments (Textual)

F3 Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14)

F4 Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), Sch. Pt. VII

F5 Words repealed by House of Commons Disqualification Act 1957 (c. 20), Sch. 4 Pt. I

F6 Words in s. 3 inserted (1.2.1999) by 1998 c. 38, s. 125, Sch. 12 para. 1 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1999/118, art. 2

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Amendments (Textual)

F7 S. 4 repealed by Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1950 (c. 3), s. 4(2)

5 Present offices of Comptroller General of the Exchequer and Commissioners of Audit to be abolished. Power to grant compensation allowances to Commissioners of Audit who are not reappointed. E+W+S+N.I.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8 the person appointed to be Comptroller and Auditor General shall have and perform all the powers and duties conferred or imposed on the Comptroller General of the Exchequer and the Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts respectively by any enactments relative to those authorities respectively, as far as the same are not repealed or altered by this Act or any other Act of the present session of Parliament. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

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Amendments (Textual)

F8 Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14)

6 On vacancy in office of Comptroller and Auditor General, &c., successor to be appointed. E+W+S+N.I.

On the death, resignation, or other vacancy in the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, . . . F9 Her Majesty, may, by letters patent as aforesaid, nominate and appoint a successor, who shall have the same powers, authorities, and duties, and who shall be paid the like salary, and the like annuity or pension out of the Consolidated Fund.

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Amendments (Textual)

F9 Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), Sch. Pt. VII

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 6 amended by National Audit Act 1983 (c. 44, SIF 99:1), s. 1(1)

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Amendments (Textual)

F10 Ss. 7–9 repealed by Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1921 (c. 52), Sch. 2

F11 F12 F13 10 Gross revenues to be paid to Exchequer, and daily returns to be sent to Comptroller and Auditor General. E+W+S+N.I.

The Commissioners of [F14 Customs and Excise], [F15 and the Commissioners of Inland Revenue] shall, after deduction of the payments for drawbacks . . . F16 , repayments, and discounts, cause the gross revenues of their respective departments to be paid, at such times and under such regulations as the Treasury may from time to time prescribe, [F17 to an account], to be intituled “The Account of Her Majesty’s Exchequer,” at the Bank of England F18 . . .; and all other public moneys payable to the Exchequer shall be paid to [F17 that account]; and accounts of all such payments shall be rendered to the Comptroller and Auditor General daily, in such form as the Treasury may prescribe: Provided always, that this enactment shall not be construed to prevent the collectors and receivers of the said gross revenues and moneys from cashing, as heretofore, under the authority of any Act or regulation, orders issued for naval, Military, revenue, civil, or other services, repayable to the revenue departments out of the Consolidated Fund, or out of moneys provided by Parliament.

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Amendments (Textual)

F11 S. 10 restricted (1.4.1999) by 1999 c. 2, s. 3(4); S.I. 1999/527, art. 2(b), Sch. 2

F12 S. 10 amended (5.10.1999) by 1999 c. 10, ss. 5(2), 20(2)

F13 S. 10 amended (28.7.2000 with effect as mentioned in s. 69(1), Sch. 20 Pt. III para. 26) 2000 c. 17 s. 69(1), Sch. 20 Pt. III paras. 24, 26

F14 Words substituted by virtue of S.R. & O. 1909/197 (Rev. V, p. 465: 1909 p. 239), art. 10

F15 Words substituted by Post Office Act 1961 (c. 15), Sch.

F16 Words repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. I

F17 Words in s. 10 substituted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 29, Sch. 1 para. 3(a)(c); S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

F18 Words in s. 10 repealed (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 29 Sch. 1 para. 3(b), Sch. 2; S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 Reference to “military services” to be construed as including reference to air-force services: S.R. & O. 1918/548 (Rev. I, p. 896; 1918 I, p. 50)

C3 S. 10 excluded by Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2), s. 17(5)

C4 S. 10 modified (9.7.2002 for certain purposes and otherwiseprosp.) by 2002 c. 21, ss. 2(2), 61; S.I. 2002/1727, art. 2

S. 10 amended (24.7.2002 with application in accordance with Sch. 13 para. 28(1)) by 2002 c. 23, s. 54, Sch. 13 para. 26

C5 S. 10 modified (13.2.1992) by Stamp Duty (Temporary Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 2), s. 2(4)

C6 S. 10 amended (retrospectively) by 1995 c. 4, s. 158

S. 10 amended (31.7.1998 with effect as mentioned in s. 145(3) of the amending Act; S.I. 1998/2703, art. 2) by 1998 c. 36, s. 145(1)(2)

S. 10 modified (6.5.1999) by 1998 c. 46, s. 78(8) (with s. 126(3)-(11)); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 2(2), Sch. 3

C7 S. 10 modified (28.7.2000) by 2000 c. 17, s. 131

S. 10 amended (11.5.2001 with application as mentioned in Sch. 22 para. 32 and with effect for accounting period ending on or after 1.4.2001) by 2001 c. 9, s. 70(1)(2), Sch. 22 paras. 30, 32

11 Moneys to form one fund in the books of the Banks of England and Ireland applicable to Exchequer issues. E+W+S+N.I.

All moneys paid into the Bank of England F19 . . . on account of the Exchequer shall be considered by the Governor and Company [F20 of the said Bank as forming one general fund in its books]; and all orders directed by the Treasury [F20 to the Bank] for issues out of credits to be granted by the Comptroller and Auditor General, as herein-after provided for the public service, shall be satisfied out of such general fund; and with a view to economize the public balances, the Treasury shall restrict the sums to be issued or transferred from time to time to the credit of accounts of principal accountants [F20 at the Bank], as herein-after provided, to such total sums as they may consider necessary for conducting the current payments for the public service intrusted to such principal accountants; and the said principal accountants may consider the sums so transferred to their accounts as constituting part of their general drawing balance, applicable to the payment of all the services for which they are accountable; but such sums shall be carried in the books of such accountants to the credit of the respective services for which the same may be issued, as specified in such orders: Provided always, that this enactment shall not be construed to empower the Treasury or any authority to direct the payment, by any such principal accountant, of expenditure not sanctioned by any Act whereby services are or may be charged on the Consolidated Fund, or by a vote of the House of Commons, or by an Act for the appropriation of the supplies annually granted by Parliament.

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Amendments (Textual)

F19 Words in s. 11 repealed (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 29, Sch. 1 para. 4(a), Sch. 2; S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

F20 Words in s. 11 substituted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 29, Sch. 1 para. 4(b)-(d); S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

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Amendments (Textual)

F21 S. 12 repealed by Finance Act 1954 (c. 44), Sch. 6

[F22 13 Payment out of Consolidated Fund: standing services. E+W+S+N.I.

(1) This section applies in respect of services which are, under an Act, payable out of the Consolidated Fund.

(2) The Comptroller and Auditor General shall, on receipt of a requisition from the Treasury, grant the Treasury a credit on the Exchequer account at the Bank of England (or on its growing balance).

(3) Where a credit has been granted under subsection (2) issues shall be made to principal accountants from time to time on orders given to the Bank by the Treasury.

(4) An order under subsection (3) shall specify the service to which it relates.

(5) The Bank shall send to the Comptroller and Auditor General a daily account of all issues made from the Exchequer account in pursuance of this section.]

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Amendments (Textual)

F22 S. 13 substituted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 29, Sch. 1 para. 5; S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C8 S. 13 amended (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 3(1)(a); S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

14 Royal order for supply services. E+W+S+N.I.

When any sum or sums of moneys shall have been granted to Her Majesty by a resolution of the House of Commons, or by an Act of Parliament, to defray expenses for any specified public services, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty from time to time, by her royal order under the Royal Sign Manual, countersigned by the Treasury, to authorize and require the Treasury to issue, out of the credits to be granted to them on the [F23 Exchequer account] as herein-after provided, the sums which may be required from time to time to defray such expenses, not exceeding the amount of the sums so voted or granted.

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Amendments (Textual)

F23 Words in s. 14 substituted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 29, Sch. 1 para. 6; S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

[F24 15 Payment out of Consolidated Fund: sums authorised by Parliament. E+W+S+N.I.

(1) This section applies in respect of sums which Parliament has authorised, by Act or resolution of the House of Commons, to be issued out of the Consolidated Fund.

(2) The Comptroller and Auditor General shall, on receipt of a requisition from the Treasury, grant the Treasury a credit on the Exchequer account at the Bank of England (or on its growing balance).

(3) Where a credit has been granted under subsection (2) issues shall be made to principal accountants from time to time on orders given to the Bank by the Treasury.

(4) An order under subsection (3) shall specify the service on account of which the issue is authorised.

(5) The Bank shall send to the Comptroller and Auditor General a daily account of all issues made from the Exchequer account in pursuance of this section.

(6) The Treasury shall send to the Comptroller and Auditor General a daily statement specifying the service on account of which each issue was made from the Exchequer account in pursuance of this section.]

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Amendments (Textual)

F24 S. 15 substituted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 29, Sch. 1 para. 7; S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C9 S. 15 amended (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 3(1)(a); S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

C10 S. 15(5) amended (22.12.2000) by 2000 c. 20, s. 4(4)(a); S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3

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Amendments (Textual)

F25 S. 16 repealed by Sinking Fund Act 1875 (c. 45), s. 6

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Amendments (Textual)

F26 S. 17 repealed by Paymaster General Act 1889 (c. 53), s. 2

[F27 18 Banks. E+W+S+N.I.

The Treasury may from time to time determine—

(a) the banks at which departments shall keep the public money entrusted to them, and

(b) the accounts in which that money shall be kept.]

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Amendments (Textual)

F27 S. 18 substituted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 29, Sch. 1 para. 8; S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

19 Treasury may direct consolidation of accounts at the Bank. E+W+S+N.I.

It shall be lawful for the Treasury, whenever they shall consider it for the advantage of the public service, to direct that the accounts of any public officer or department, which by any Act or Acts are required to be kept under separate heads at the Bank of England F28 . . ., shall be consolidated in such manner as they shall judge most convenient for the public service.

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Amendments (Textual)

F28 Words in s. 19 repealed (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 29, Sch. 1 para. 9, Sch. 2; S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

20 Accounts of stock may be opened in the books of the Banks under official description of public officers. The Banks may be authorized to receive dividends and sell stock. E+W+S+N.I.

It shall be lawful for the Bank of England F29 . . ., at the request of the Treasury F29 . . . for the public convenience, to open and keep accounts of Government stock and annuities in the books of [F30 the Bank] under the official description of any public officer for the time being, without naming him; and the dividends on such stock and annuities may from time to time be received, and the stock and annuities or any part thereof to the credit of such account may from time to time be transferred, by the officer for the time being holding such office, as if such stock and annuities stood in his own name; and upon the death, resignation, or removal of any such public officer the stock and annuities standing to the credit of such account, and all dividends thereon, including any dividends not theretofore received, shall become vested in his successor in office, and be receivable and transferable accordingly. And any such public officer in whose official description such Government stock and annuities may be standing may by letter of attorney authorize the Bank of England F29 . . ., or all or any of [F30 its cashiers], to sell and transfer all or any part of the stock or annuities from time to time standing in the books of [F30 the Bank] on such account, and to receive the dividends due and to become due thereon; but no stock or annuities shall be sold or transferred at the said Banks under the authority of such general letter of attorney, except upon an order in writing [F30 given to the Bank by the Treasury].

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Amendments (Textual)

F29 Words in s. 20 repealed (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 29, Sch. 1 para. 10(a)(b)(d), Sch. 2; S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

F30 Words in s. 20 substituted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 29, Sch. 1 para. 10(c)(e)(f); S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C11 S. 20 amended (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 3(3); S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

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Amendments (Textual)

F31 S. 21 repealed by National Loans Act 1968 (c. 13), Sch. 6 Pt. I

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F32 S. 22 repealed (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 29, Sch. 2; S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

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Amendments (Textual)

F33 S. 23 repealed (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 29, Sch. 2; S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

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F34 S. 24 repealed by National Audit Act 1983 (c. 44, SIF 99:1), s. 14, Sch. 5

F35 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W+S+N.I.

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F35 S. 25 repealed (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 29, Sch. 2; S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

F36 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W+S+N.I.

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F36 S. 26 repealed (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 29, Sch. 2; S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F37 E+W+S+N.I.

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F37 Ss. 27, 29, 30, 33, 35, 36, 38, 40 repealed by Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1921 (c. 52), Sch. 2

F38 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W+S+N.I.

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F38 S. 28 repealed (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20 ss. 8(3)(a), 29, Sch. 2

29, 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F39 E+W+S+N.I.

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F39 Ss. 27, 29, 30, 33, 35, 36, 38, 40 repealed by Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1921 (c. 52), Sch. 2

F40 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W+S+N.I.

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F40 S. 31 repealed (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 29, Sch. 2; S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

F41 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W+S+N.I.

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F41 S. 32 repealed (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, ss. 26(3), 29, Sch. 2; S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

Accounts other than Appropriation Accounts E+W+S+N.I.

33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F42 E+W+S+N.I.

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F42 Ss. 27, 29, 30, 33, 35, 36, 38, 40 repealed by Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1921 (c. 52), Sch. 2

34 By whom such accounts shall be rendered. E+W+S+N.I.

The accounts which [F43 by section 3 of the Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1921 (examination of cash accounts)] the Treasury are empowered to subject to the examination of the Comptroller and Auditor General shall be rendered to him by the departments or officers who may be directed so to do by the Treasury; and the term “accountant,” when used in this and the following sections of this Act with reference to any such accounts, shall be taken to mean the department or officer that may be so required by the Treasury to render the same; and [F44 every accountant] shall, at such times and in such form as the Treasury shall determine, render an account of his receipts and payments [F44 together with the authorities and vouchers relating thereto] to the Comptroller and Auditor General; and it shall be the duty of the Treasury to inform him of the appointment of every such officer.

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F43 Words in s. 34 substituted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 29, Sch. 1 para. 11; S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

F44 Words substituted by Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1921 (c. 52), s. 9(3)

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F45 Ss. 27, 29, 30, 33, 35, 36, 38, 40 repealed by Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1921 (c. 52), Sch. 2

F46 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W+S+N.I.

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F46 S. 37 repealed (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 29, Sch. 1 para. 12, Sch. 2; S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F47 E+W+S+N.I.

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F47 Ss. 27, 29, 30, 33, 35, 36, 38, 40 repealed by Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1921 (c. 52), Sch. 2

F48 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W+S+N.I.

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F48 S. 39 repealed (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 29, Sch. 1 para. 13, Sch. 2; S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F49 E+W+S+N.I.

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F49 Ss. 27, 29, 30, 33, 35, 36, 38, 40 repealed by Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1921 (c. 52), Sch. 2

F50 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W+S+N.I.

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F50 S. 41 repealed (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 29, Sch. 1 para. 13, Sch. 2; S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

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F51 S. 42 repealed (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 29, Sch. 1 para. 13, Sch. 2; S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

F52 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W+S+N.I.

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F52 S. 43 repealed (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 29, Sch. 1 para. 13, Sch. 2; S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

F53 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W+S+N.I.

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F53 S. 44 repealed (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 20, s. 29, Sch. 1 para. 13, Sch. 2; S.I. 2000/3349, art. 3 (with art. 5)

45 Saving all existing rights of the Crown. E+W+S+N.I.

Nothing in this Act contained shall extend to abridge or alter the rights and powers of Her Majesty to control, suspend, or prevent the execution of any process or proceeding, under this Act or otherwise, for recovering money due to the Crown.

46 Acts in Schedule (C.) to be repealed. E+W+S+N.I.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F54 all accounts required or directed to be audited by the Board of Audit shall be audited according to the provisions of this Act: But nothing herein shall be deemed to confer upon the Treasury the powers with respect to audit vested in the Admiralty by the M1 Greenwich Hospital Act 1865.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F54

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F54 Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14)

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M1 1865 c. 73.

47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F55 E+W+S+N.I.

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F55 S. 47 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14)