Public Salaries, etc. Act 1810
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1810 c. 117 |
(50 Geo. 3) C A P. CXVII.
[21st June 1810]
'WHEREAS it is expedient that an Account of the Increase and Diminution of all Publick Salaries, and of all Pensions and Allowances in the Nature of Superannuation or Rewards for Publick Services, should be annually laid before Parliament; and that Provision should be made for regulating and controuling the granting and paying of such Salaries, Pensions and Allowances:' 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, That between the FirstDay ofFebruary and Twenty fifth Day of March in every Year, if Parliament shall be sitting during any Part of such Period, or if Parliament shall not be sitting during any Part of such Period, then within Forty Days after the Commencement of the Session of Parliament in such Year, there shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament, an Account of every Increase and Diminution which shall have taken place within the preceding Year, ending on the First Day of January , in the Number of Persons employed in all Publick Offices or Departments, or in the Salaries, Emoluments, Allowances and Expences which may have taken place, or been paid, granted, received or incurred for and in respect of all Officers and Persons belonging to or employed in or by or in the Service of all Publick Offices or Departments, specifying the Amount and Nature thereof, and distinguishing in such Account every Increase and Diminution in the Account of all Allowances or Compensations granted or allowed as retired Allowances or Superannuations to any Person or Persons having held any Office, Place or Employment in any such Publick Office or Department, or having been employed in any manner in any Publick Services under any such Office or Department, and specifying in every such Account the Time and Length of Service of every such Person, and the Amount of the Salary or Allowances received by such Person immediately preceding such Superannuation, and the Nature of his Services, and also specifying in every such Account the Grounds upon which every such Increase or Diminution in the Establishment of any such Publick Office or Department, or of any such Salary, Emolument, Allowance or Compensation, or Superannuation as aforesaid, shall have been made, granted or allowed.
II In what Case only Compensation for Publick Services or Superannuations to be granted.
II. And be it further enacted, That no Compensation for any Office abolished, or special Allowance or Remuneration to any Person holding any Civil Employment in any Publick Office for any good Services, shall be charged upon the Incidents or any other Fund of any Publick Office or Department, and no Allowance or Compensation, in the Nature of any Superannuation or retired Allowance or Reward, to any such Person as aforesaid, in respect of his having held any Publick Office or Employment, or been engaged in any publick Service, (except such as may be granted by any Order of His Majesty in Council) shall be granted, paid or allowed, without the Concurrence of Three or more of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, to be signified by Warrant under their Hands, or by a Letter from One of the Secretaries to the said Commissioners, to the Officer or Officers at the Head of such Department, or by the Signature of such Three of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury to the Instrument by which such Compensation, Allowance or Superannuation shall be granted.
III Not to extend to Half Pay, &c.
III. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to any Half Pay or Allowance in lieu of Half Pay, or to any such Military or Naval Allowances or Pensions, as...
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