The Distribution of Prize Money (Amendment of Regulations) Order 1973

Statutory Instruments

1973 No. 232

DEFENCE

The Distribution of Prize Money (Amendment of Regulations) Order 1973

Made

16th February 1973

Laid before Parliament

22nd February 1973

Coming into Operation

16th March 1973

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 16th day of February 1973

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 25 of the Naval Agency and Distribution Act 1864 and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

1.  This Order may be cited as the Distribution of Prize Money (Amendment of Regulations) Order 1973 and shall come into operation on 16th March 1973.

2.  The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply to the interpretation of this Order as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

3.  The Distribution of Prize Money (Amendment of Regulations) Order 1917(1) shall be amended—

(i) in regulation 2 by the substitution for the words “on account of Naval Prize, or to the Accountant-General of the Navy, in order that it may be transferred to the said account”, of the words “for the credit of the Defence General Cash Account”; and

(ii) by the deletion of regulation 11.

W. G. Agnew

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends two of the regulations contained in an Order dated 6th February 1917 governing the distribution of Prize Money among personnel of HM Ships and other Naval vessels. Transactions under that Order, which are now confined to Salvage awards, are audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General. This Order accordingly removes the requirement for a separate account to be laid annually before the House of Commons.

(1)

(Rev. XVI, p.827: 1917 p.930).