Consolidated Fund Act 1816
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
(56 Geo. 3) C A P. XCVIII.
[1st July 1816]
'WHEREAS it bath become expedient, for further carrying into effect the Provisions and Purposes of Two several Acts for the Union ofGreat Britain and Ireland , (the One made in the Parliament of Great Britain in the Thirty ninth and Fortieth Years of His Present Majesty's Reign, and the other made in the Parliament of Ireland in the Fortieth Year of His said Majesty's Reign,) that all the Public Revenues of Great Britain and Ireland should be consolidated and applied to the Service of the United Kingdom;' Be it therefore enacted by The King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, Thatfrom and after the Fifth Day ofJanuary One thousand eight hundred and seventeen, all Rates, Duties, Taxes, Receipts, Sums of Money and Revenues, of what nature or kind soever, which, under or by virtue of any Act or Acts in force in Great Britain or Ireland respectively at the time of the passing of this Act, and immediately before the said Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and seventeen, shall or may constitute or form Part of, or be directed to be carried to the several Funds called the Consolidated Fund of Great Britain and the Consolidated Fund of Ireland respectively, shall be carried to, and shall be and become, and shall form and constitute One General Fund, to be called the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ; and that the said Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , whether the same or any Part thereof shall be in the Exchequer of Great Britain or in the Exchequer of Ireland , shall, in the First Place, be charged and chargeable with, and shall from time to time be applied indiscriminately to the Payment of the whole of the Interest of the National Debts of Great Britain and Ireland , and the Sinking Funds applicable to the Reduction thereof, as One joint Consolidated National Debt, Interest and Sinking Fund; and in the next Place, the said Consolidated Fund of the said United Kingdom shall in like manner be charged and chargeable with, and shall be applied to the Payment of the Salaries and other Charges of His Majesty's Civil List Establishments in Great Britain and Ireland ; and in the next Place, the said Consolidated Fund of the said United Kingdom shall be in like manner charged and chargeable with, and shall be applied in Payment of all other Charges whatsoever, made payable out of the Consolidated Funds of Great Britain or Ireland respectively, under or by virtue of any Act or Acts in force immediately before the said Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and seventeen, and after Payment and Satisfaction of all the aforesaid Charges, the said Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom shall be in like manner indiscriminately applied to the Service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , or any Part thereof, as shall be directed by Parliament, and shall be issued and applied accordingly, in manner and under the Authority hereinafter mentioned and directed.
II Offices of Treasurer of Great Britain and Ireland united, and may be executed by Commissioners.
II. And be it further enacted, That from and after the Fifth Day ofJanuary One thousand eight hundred and seventeen, the Offices of Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland shall be united into One Office, and the Person holding the same shall be called Lord High Treasurer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ; and that whenever there shall not be any such Lord High Treasurer, it shall and may be lawful for His Majesty, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain , to appoint Commissioners for executing the Offices of Treasurer of the Exchequer of Great Britain and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland ; and that such Commissioners shall be called Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , and that the said Commissioners shall have all such Powers and Authorities in and through the whole of the said United Kingdom, with respect to the Collection, Issuing and Application of the whole Revenues of the United Kingdom, as at the time of the passing of this Act, and immediately before the said Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and seventeen, are or shall or may be vested in the Commissioners of the Treasury in Great Britain or Ireland respectively, by any Act or Acts of Parliament, or by any Law, Usage or Custom in force in Great Britain or Ireland respectively, by whatever Names or Descriptions such Commissioners of the Treasury shall or may have been a any time known or described; save and except in so far as any such Powers or Authorities may be altered or amended by this Act; and that all Officers and other Persons concerned or employed in the Collection or Management of the Revenues in and through every Part of the United Kingdom, shall be in all respects subject to the Orders and Controul of the said Lord High Treasurer or the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom ofGreat Britain and Ireland ; and shall be liable to all such Penalties and Punishments for Disobedience of such Orders as they are or would be subject or liable to under and by virtue of any Acts, Laws, Usages or Customs, with respect to the Powers of the Commissioners of the Treasury in force in Great Britain and Ireland respectively at the time of the passing of this Act and immediately before the said Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and seventeen.
III The Words ‘Commissioners of Treasury,’ &c. to apply to Commissioners for executing the Offices of Treasurer of the Exchequer of Great Britain and Treasurer of Ireland.
III. And be it further enacted, That whenever in this Act, or in any Act to be made at any time after the passing of this Act, the Words ‘Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury,’ or the Words ‘Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom ofGreat Britain and Ireland ,’ are or shall be used, the same shall be construed to extend and apply to the Commissioners for executing the Offices of Treasurer of the Exchequer of Great Britain and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland , whenever such Commission shall be in force; and that all and every Act and Acts which at any, time shall or may have been done or executed, or shall or may be done or executed by the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury in Great Britain or Ireland , or the United Kingdom respectively, under or by virtue or Authority of any Law, Statute, Usage or Custom, in force before the passing of this Act, shall be good, valid and effectual to all Intents and Purposes, notwithstanding any Error or Omission in the Names or Descriptions whereby any such Commissioners of the Treasury shall or may have been at any time known, or named or described.
IV A Vice Treasurer appointed.
IV. And be it further enacted, That (for the Purposes of issuing out of the Exchequer ofIreland all Sums which shall be paid into the same, under or by virtue of the several Acts which now are or hereafter may be in force in Ireland for that Purpose, or which shall be paid into the same out of the General Revenue of the United Kingdom, under the Orders of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ,) it shall and may be lawful for His Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, from time to time, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Ireland , to appoint a Vice Treasurer for Ireland , with a yearly Salary not exceeding Two thousand Pounds British Sterling a Year, to be paid to such Personfor the executing of the said Office, payable out of the Revenue appropriated to His Majesty's Civil List Establishment inIreland .
V Vice Treasurer to take Oath before the Chancellor of Ireland.
V. And be it further enacted, That such Vice Treasurer forIreland to be appointed in manner aforesaid shall take such Oath before the Lord High Chancellor of Ireland , or before the Commissioners for the Custody of the Great Seal of Ireland , as was accustomed to be taken by the Vice Treasurer of Ireland , before the passing of an Act made in the Parliament of Ireland , in the Thirty fifth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled Englanddoth ;' and that it shall and may be lawful forsuch Vice Treasurer forIreland to appoint any Person to be his Deputy to act during his Absence or Incapacity from Sickness; and that all Acts done by such Deputy shall be as good and valid to all Intents and Purposes as if they were done by such Vice Treasurer in his own proper Person; and that such Vice Treasurer shall be answerable and responsible for all Acts done by such Deputy in the Execution of the Duty of his Office; and that it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or GovernorsofIreland from time to time, by his or their Warrant to the said Vice Treasurer, to order the Issue and Payment out of the said Exchequer of any such Sum or Sums of Money for the annual Establishment and incidental and contingent Expences attendant upon the said Office of Vice Treasurer, as the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and...
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