Inland Revenue Officers Act 1849
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1849 c. 58 |
| Year | 1849 |
(12 & 13 Vict.) C A P. LVIII.
[28th July 1849]
'WHEREAS a certain Society called ‘The Excise Benevolent Fund Society’ has been formed under the Sanction of the Commissioners of Excise in connexion with theAtlas Insurance Company in London , and under a Deed of Settlement bearing Date the Fifth Day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty-five, enabling Persons employed in the Excise to insure their Lives at Rates and according to a Table of Premiums in the said Deed mentioned and referred to, and a Fund has been established under the Provision's of the said Deed, and called ‘The Excise Benevolent Fund,’ for the Purpose of granting Annuities and Allowances to Widows and Orphans of the Assured, and pecuniary Assistance to superannuated Members of the said Society: And whereas the Privilege of becoming Members of the said Society is by the said Deed of Settlement limited to Persons employed in the Excise, and by an Act passed in the present Session of Parliament the respective Boards of Excise and Stamps and Taxes, have become One Consolidated Board of Commissioners of Inland Revenue, and all Officers of Excise as well as of Stamps and Taxes are by virtue of the said Act deemed to be Officers of Inland Revenue: And whereas the establishing of the said Excise Benevolent Fund Society has been found beneficial to the public Service, by conducing to the good Conduct of the Officers of Excise who have become Members thereof, and it is expedient to extend the said Privilege of becoming such Members to all Officers and other Persons employed in the Department of Inland Revenue who may be desirous of availing themselves thereof:' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen'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, That from and after the passing of this Act the said Society shall be called ‘The Inland Revenue Life Assurance and Benevolent Fund Society,’ and all Officers of Inland Revenue, and all Persons employed in the Department of Inland Revenue, may, if they shall think fit, be received Members of the said Society on the Terms and Conditions in the said Deed of Settlement mentioned or referred to, and shall have and be entitled...
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