Part III

Miscellaneous

Amendments of the Services Acts relating to evidence and proceedings thereunder

Abolition of the office of Accountant General of the Navy.
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Accordingly the enactments specified in this subsection which refer to that office shall be amended as follows—
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in sections 6 and 8 of the Naval Agency and Disribution Act 1864 (registration of certain instruments in the Accountant General’s Office) for the words “in the office of the Accountant General of the Navy” there shall be substituted the words “with the Secretary of State” ; and
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in section 47 of the Greenwich Hospital Act 1865 (Accountant General to prepare for audit the accounts of the hospital’s property) for the words “The Accountant general of the Navy” there shall be substituted the words “The Secretary of State”.
The text of ss. 2, 3, 4(2), 5, 6(1)(2)(3)(c)(4)(5)(6), 7, 8, 10–12, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20(3), 21–23, 24(2), 28(1) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
1864 c. 24.
1865 c. 89.
S. 24(1) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 5 Group 1