17 Repeal of provisions for paying off debt, or applying sums to meet interest charges.U.K.
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(2)So much of any enactment as provides for sums paid into the Consolidated Fund to be applied in redeeming or paying off debt (that is to say national debt) or meeting such part of the annual charges for the national debt as represents interest, shall cease to have effect.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 17(1) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 9 Group 6
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of ss. 1(5), 8(2), 13(5), 17(1), 24(2) and Sch. 6 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.