Supplementary and general
22.Sections 10 to 15 contain supplementary and general provisions relating to the repeal of the civil list and the creation of a single grant to support the Sovereign, the abolition of certain grants to certain other members of the Royal Household, the meaning of certain terms used in the Act and the commencement arrangements. The first Sovereign Grant is payable for financial year 2012-13.
23.Section 16 provides that the Sovereign Grant will cease six months after the monarch’s death (as the civil list does) unless an Order in Council is made within six months of a new reign.
24.Schedule 1 contains minor and consequential amendments and repeals. Schedule 2 contains transitional provisions and savings.
