Civil List Act 1837

1837 CHAPTER 2 1 and 2 Vict

An Act for the Support of Her Majesty’s Household, and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

[23rd December 1837]

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)

C2 Preamble omitted as not relevant to unrepealed provisions of the Act

1—4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 1-4, 7-13, 15-18, Sch. repealed by Civil List Act 1901 (c. 4), Sch. 2

5 1,200l. a year to be issued to defray the charges of pensions. U.K.

And whereas it is expedient to make provision, at the rate of [F2 £15,000 a year] for each and every succeeding year F3 ..., to defray the charge of [F4 such pensions payable under this section as may be granted by Her Majesty]: Be it therefore enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Treasury to charge upon and issue quarterly out of the said consolidated fund F5 ... such sums as shall be required to defray the charge of such pensions as may be granted as aforesaid, at the rate of [F2 £15,000 a year] for every succeeding year F6 ....

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 5 amended by S.I. 1990/2018, art. 9 and by virtue of that art. for "£10, 000" there is substituted "£15, 000"

F3 Words in s. 5 omitted (1.4.2012) by virtue of Sovereign Grant Act 2011 (c. 15), s. 15(1), Sch. 1 para. 3(a)

F4 Words in s. 5 substituted (1.4.2012) by Sovereign Grant Act 2011 (c. 15), s. 15(1), Sch. 1 para. 3(b)

F5 Words in s. 5 omitted (1.4.2012) by virtue of Sovereign Grant Act 2011 (c. 15), s. 15(1), Sch. 1 para. 3(c)

F6 Words in s. 5 omitted (1.4.2012) by virtue of Sovereign Grant Act 2011 (c. 15), s. 15(1), Sch. 1 para. 3(d)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 Unreliable marginal note

C4 S. 5 applied by Civil List Act 1952 (c. 37) s. 13(1)

C5 Power to increase sum mentioned in s. 5 conferred by Civil List Act 1972 (c. 7), s. 6(1)(b)

C6 S. 5 amendments made by virtue of 1972 c. 7, s. 6 continued (1.4.2012) by Sovereign Grant Act 2011 (c. 15), s. 15(1), Sch. 2 para. 8

C7 S. 5 made permanent (1.4.2012) by Sovereign Grant Act 2011 (c. 15), ss. 15(1), 16(5)

6 Restrictions on grants of pensions. List of pensions granted to be laid before Parliament yearly. U.K.

And whereas it was resolved by the Commons House of Parliament, on the eighteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, “that it is the bounden duty of the responsible advisers of the Crown to recommend to his Majesty for grants of pensions on the civil list such persons only as have just claims on the royal beneficence, or who by their personal services to the Crown, by the performance of duties to the public, or by their useful discoveries in science and attainments in literature and the arts, have merited the gracious consideration of their Sovereign and the gratitude of their country” : And whereas it is expedient that provision should be made by law for carrying into full effect the said resolution, and for giving an assurance to Parliament that the responsible advisers of the Crown have acted in conformity therewith: the pensions which may hereafter be [F7 granted as mentioned in section 5] shall be granted to such persons only as have just claims on the royal beneficence, or who by their personal services to the Crown, by the performance of duties to the public, or by their useful discoveries in science and attainments in literature and the arts, have merited the gracious consideration of their Sovereign and the gratitude of their country; and that a list of all such pensions granted in each year ending the [F8 thirty first day of March] shall be laid before Parliament within thirty days after the said [F8 thirty first day of March] in each year, if Parliament shall be then sitting, but if Parliament shall not be then sitting, then within thirty days after the next meeting of Parliament.

Textual Amendments

F7 Words in s. 6 substituted (1.4.2012) by Sovereign Grant Act 2011 (c. 15), s. 15(1), Sch. 1 para. 4

F8 Words substituted by Civil List Act 1952 (c. 37), s. 13(1) proviso

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C8 S. 6 applied by Civil List Act 1952 (c. 37), s. 13(1)

C9 S. 6 made permanent (1.4.2012) by Sovereign Grant Act 2011 (c. 15), ss. 15(1), 16(5)

7—13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F9 Ss. 1-4, 7-13, 15-18, Sch. repealed by Civil List Act 1901 (c. 4), Sch. 2

F10 14 Payments of civil list to be free from land tax, &c. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F10 S. 14 omitted (1.4.2012) by virtue of Sovereign Grant Act 2011 (c. 15), s. 15(1), Sch. 1 para. 5

15—18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F11 Ss. 1-4, 7-13, 15-18, Sch. repealed by Civil List Act 1901 (c. 4), Sch. 2

F12 F12 SCHEDULE U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F12 Ss. 1-4, 7-13, 15-18, Sch. repealed by Civil List Act 1901 (c. 4), Sch. 2