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An Appropriation Act is an

Crown bodies.[1] Appropriation Acts were formerly passed by the Parliament of Great Britain.[2]

Format

Each Appropriation Act has a series of schedules which contain tables that set out how the monies issued out of the Consolidated Fund are appropriated. Each department or body which has money appropriated is noted in the tables which contain columns setting out the things the money appropriated may be spent on, the net resources authorised for use, the grants out of the Consolidated Fund, the operating appropriations in aid and the non-operating appropriations in aid. The money may not be spent for purposes other than that it is appropriated for and it must be spent by the end of the fiscal year covered by that appropriation or returned to the Consolidated Fund.[1]

The typical structure of such an act begins with the

long title, which defines which financial years the act applies to. This is followed by the preamble, which is different from the normal British public general Act of Parliament preamble in that it includes additional text before the normal preamble:[citation needed
]

Whereas the Commons of the United Kingdom in Parliament assembled have resolved to authorise the use of resources and the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund towards making good the supply which they have granted to Her Majesty in this Session of Parliament:—

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, as follows:—

Until 2000 an older form of preamble was used:[citation needed]

Most Gracious Sovereign, WE, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom in Parliament assembled, towards making good the supply which we have cheerfully granted to Your Majesty in this Session of Parliament, have resolved to grant unto Your Majesty the sums hereinafter mentioned; and do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted and be it 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, as follows:—

Each Appropriation Act typically covers two or more fiscal years, and will normally repeal earlier Appropriation Acts and Consolidated Fund Acts still on the statute books.[1]

Effect

An Appropriation Act normally becomes spent on the conclusion of the financial year to which it relates.[3]

List

18th century

Appropriation Act 1775
Act of Parliament
15 Geo. 3. c. 42
Dates
Royal assent26 May 1775
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1871
Status: Repealed
  • The act
    15 Geo. 3. c. 42 (1775)[4]

Appropriation Act 1776
Act of Parliament
17 Geo. 3
. c. 47
  • The Appropriation Act 1776 (
    17 Geo. 3
    . c. 47)

Appropriation Act 1778
Act of Parliament
18 Geo. 3
. c. 54
  • The Appropriation Act 1778 (
    18 Geo. 3
    . c. 54)

Appropriation Act 1790
Act of Parliament
30 Geo. 3
. c. 32
  • The Appropriation Act 1790 (
    30 Geo. 3
    . c. 32)

Appropriation Act 1795
Act of Parliament
35 Geo. 3
. c. 120
  • The Appropriation Act 1795 (
    35 Geo. 3
    . c. 120)

Appropriation Act 1796
Act of Parliament
36 Geo. 3
. c. 126
  • The Appropriation Act 1796 (
    36 Geo. 3
    . c. 126)

Appropriation Act 1797
Act of Parliament
37 Geo. 3
. c. 144
  • The Appropriation Act 1797 (
    37 Geo. 3
    . c. 144)

Appropriation Act 1798
Act of Parliament
38 Geo. 3
. c. 90
  • The Appropriation Act 1798 (
    38 Geo. 3
    . c. 90)

Appropriation Act 1799
Act of Parliament
39 Geo. 3. c. 114
Dates
Royal assent12 July 1799
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1871
Status: Repealed

19th century

1800s

Appropriation Act 1800
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • The Appropriation Act 1800 (
    41 Geo. 3. (G.B.)
    c. 14)

Appropriation Act 1801
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • The Appropriation, etc. Act 1801 (
    41 Geo. 3. (U.K.)
    c. 84)

Appropriation Act 1802
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • The Appropriation Act 1802 (
    42 Geo. 3
    . c. 120)

Appropriation Act 1803
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • The Appropriation Act 1803 (
    43 Geo. 3
    . c. 162)

Appropriation Act 1804
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • The Appropriation Act 1804 (
    44 Geo. 3
    . c. 110)

Appropriation Act 1805
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • The Appropriation Act 1805 (
    45 Geo. 3
    . c. 129)

Appropriation Act 1806
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • The Appropriation Act 1806 (
    46 Geo. 3
    . c. 149)

Appropriation Act 1807
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • The Appropriation Act 1807 (
    47 Geo. 3 Sess. 2
    . c. 76)

Appropriation Act 1808
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • The Appropriation Act 1808 (
    48 Geo. 3
    . c. 148)

Appropriation Act 1809
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • The Appropriation Act 1809 (
    49 Geo. 3
    . c. 128)

1810s

Appropriation Act 1810
Act of Parliament
50 Geo. 3. c. 115
Dates
Royal assent20 June 1810
  • The Appropriation Act 1810 (
    50 Geo. 3
    . c. 115)

Appropriation Act 1811
Act of Parliament
51 Geo. 3. c. 117
Dates
Royal assent26 June 1811
  • The Appropriation Act 1811 (
    51 Geo. 3
    . c. 117)

Appropriation Act 1812
Act of Parliament
52 Geo. 3. c. 154
Dates
Royal assent28 July 1812
  • The Appropriation Act 1812 (
    52 Geo. 3
    . c. 154)

Appropriation Act 1816
Act of Parliament
56 Geo. 3. c. 142
Dates
Royal assent2 July 1816
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1873
Status: Repealed
  • The Appropriation Act 1816 (
    56 Geo. 3
    . c. 142)

Appropriation Act 1817
Act of Parliament
57 Geo. 3. c. 132
Dates
Royal assent12 July 1817
  • The Appropriation Act 1817 (
    57 Geo. 3
    . c. 132)

Appropriation Act 1818
Act of Parliament
58 Geo. 3. c. 101
Dates
Royal assent10 June 1818
  • The Appropriation Act 1818 (
    58 Geo. 3
    . c. 101)

Appropriation Act 1819
Act of Parliament
59 Geo. 3. c. 133
Dates
Royal assent13 July 1819
  • The Appropriation Act 1819 (
    59 Geo. 3
    . c. 133)

1820s

1830s

1840s

Appropriation Act 1842
Act of Parliament
5 & 6 Vict. c. 121
Dates
Royal assent12 August 1842
Text of statute as originally enacted
  • The Appropriation Act 1842 (
    5 & 6 Vict.
    c. 121)

1850s

Appropriation Act 1850
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • The Appropriation Act 1850

Appropriation Act 1851
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • The Appropriation Act 1851

Appropriation Act 1852
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • The Appropriation Act 1852

Appropriation Act 1853
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • The Appropriation Act 1853

Appropriation Act 1854
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • The Appropriation Act 1854

Appropriation Act 1855
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • The Appropriation Act 1855

Appropriation Act 1856
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • The Appropriation Act 1856

Appropriation Act 1857
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • The Appropriation Act 1857

Appropriation Act 1858
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • The Appropriation Act 1858

Appropriation Act 1859
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • The Appropriation Act 1859

1860s

Appropriation Act 1860
Act of Parliament
23 & 24 Vict. c. 131
Dates
Royal assent28 August 1860
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1875
Status: Repealed
  • The Appropriation Act 1860 (
    23 & 24 Vict.
    c. 131)

Appropriation Act 1861
Act of Parliament
24 & 25 Vict. c. 103
Dates
Royal assent6 August 1861
  • The Appropriation Act 1861 (
    24 & 25 Vict.
    c. 103)

Appropriation Act 1862
Act of Parliament
25 & 26 Vict. c. 71
Dates
Royal assent7 August 1862
  • The Appropriation Act 1862 (
    25 & 26 Vict.
    c. 71)

Appropriation Act 1863
Act of Parliament
26 & 27 Vict. c. 99
Dates
Royal assent28 July 1863
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1875
Status: Repealed
  • The Appropriation Act 1863 (
    26 & 27 Vict.
    c. 99)

Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Act 1864
Act of Parliament
27 & 28 Vict. c. 73
Dates
Royal assent29 July 1864
Text of statute as originally enacted

Appropriation Act 1865
Act of Parliament
28 & 29 Vict. c. 123
Dates
Royal assent6 July 1865
  • The Appropriation Act 1865 (
    28 & 29 Vict.
    c. 123)

Appropriation Act 1866
Act of Parliament
29 & 30 Vict. c. 91
Dates
Royal assent10 August 1866
  • The Appropriation Act 1866 (
    29 & 30 Vict.
    c. 91)

Appropriation Act 1867
Act of Parliament
30 & 31 Vict. c. 120
Dates
Royal assent20 August 1867
  • The Appropriation Act 1867 (
    30 & 31 Vict.
    c. 120)

Appropriation Act 1868
Act of Parliament
31 & 32 Vict. c. 85
Dates
Royal assent31 July 1868
  • The Appropriation Act 1868 (
    31 & 32 Vict.
    c. 85)

Appropriation Act 1869
Act of Parliament
32 & 33 Vict. c. 93
Dates
Royal assent11 August 1869
  • The Appropriation Act 1869 (
    32 & 33 Vict.
    c. 93)

1870s

Appropriation Act 1870
Act of Parliament
33 & 34 Vict. c. 96
Dates
Royal assent10 August 1870
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1966
Status: Repealed

Appropriation Act 1871
34 & 35 Vict. c. 89
Dates
Royal assent21 August 1871
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1883
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
  • The Appropriation Act 1871
    34 & 35 Vict.
    c. 89). This act received royal assent on 21 August 1871, and was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1883.

Appropriation Act 1872
Act of Parliament
35 & 36 Vict. c. 87
Dates
Royal assent10 August 1872
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1883
Status: Repealed
  • The Appropriation Act 1872
    35 & 36 Vict.
    c. 87). This act received royal assent on 10 August 1872. Section 6 was repealed by section 6 of the Appropriation Act 1877. The Appropriation Act 1872 was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1883.

Appropriation Act 1873
Act of Parliament
36 & 37 Vict. c. 79
Dates
Royal assent5 August 1873
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1883
Status: Repealed
  • The Appropriation Act 1873
    36 & 37 Vict.
    c. 79). This act received royal assent on 5 August 1873, and was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1883.

Appropriation Act 1874
Act of Parliament
37 & 38 Vict. c. 56
Dates
Royal assent7 August 1874
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1883
Status: Repealed
  • The Appropriation Act 1874
    37 & 38 Vict.
    c. 56). This act received royal assent on 7 August 1874, and was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1883.

Appropriation Act 1875
Act of Parliament
38 & 39 Vict. c. 78
Dates
Royal assent13 August 1875
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1883
Status: Repealed
  • The Appropriation Act 1875
    38 & 39 Vict.
    c. 78). This act received royal assent on 13 August 1875, and was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1883.

Appropriation Act 1876
Act of Parliament
39 & 40 Vict. c. 60
Dates
Royal assent15 August 1876
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1883
Status: Repealed
  • The Appropriation Act 1876
    39 & 40 Vict.
    c. 60). This act received royal assent on 15 August 1876, and was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1883.

Appropriation Act 1877
Act of Parliament
40 & 41 Vict. c. 61
Dates
Royal assent14 August 1877
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1883
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
  • The Appropriation Act 1877
    40 & 41 Vict.
    c. 61). This act received royal assent on 14 August 1877, and was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1883.

Appropriation Act 1878
Act of Parliament
41 & 42 Vict. c. 65
Dates
Royal assent16 August 1878
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1883
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
  • The Appropriation Act 1878
    41 & 42 Vict.
    c. 65). This act received royal assent on 16 August 1878, and was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1883.

Appropriation Act 1879
Act of Parliament
42 & 43 Vict. c. 51
Dates
Royal assent15 August 1879
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1894
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

1880s

Appropriation Act 1880
Act of Parliament
43 Vict. c. 13
Dates
Royal assent24 March 1880
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1894
Status: Repealed
  • The Appropriation Act 1880
    43 Vict.
    c. 13). This act received royal assent on 24 March 1880, and was repealed by the First Schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1894.

Appropriation Act 1880 (Session 2)
Act of Parliament
43 & 44 Vict. c. 40
Dates
Royal assent7 September 1880
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1894
Status: Repealed
  • The Appropriation Act 1880 (Session 2)
    43 & 44 Vict.
    c. 40). This act received royal assent on 7 September 1880, and was repealed by the First Schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1894.

Appropriation Act 1881
Act of Parliament
44 & 45 Vict. c. 56
Dates
Royal assent27 August 1881
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1894
Status: Repealed
  • The Appropriation Act 1881
    44 & 45 Vict.
    c. 56). This act received royal assent on 27 August 1881, and was repealed by the First Schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1894.

Appropriation Act 1882
Act of Parliament
45 & 46 Vict. c. 71
Dates
Royal assent18 August 1882
  • The Appropriation Act 1882
    45 & 46 Vict.
    c. 71). This act received royal assent on 18 August 1882.

Appropriation Act 1883
Act of Parliament
46 & 47 Vict. c. 50
Dates
Royal assent25 August 1883
  • The Appropriation Act 1883
    46 & 47 Vict.
    c. 50). This act received royal assent on 25 August 1883.

20th century

21st century

2010s

Appropriation Act 2010
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the years ending with 31 March 2009 and 31 March 2010 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending with 31 March 2010; and to appropriate the supply authorised in this Session of Parliament for the service of the years ending with 31 March 2009 and 31 March 2010.
Citation2010 c. 5
Dates
Royal assent18 March 2010
Status: Spent
Text of the Appropriation Act 2010 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
  • The Appropriation Act 2010 (c. 5)

Appropriation Act 2011
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the years ending with 31 March 2010 and 31 March 2011 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending with 31 March 2010 and 31 March 2011; and to appropriate the supply authorised in this Session of Parliament for the service of the years ending with 31 March 2010 and 31 March 2011.
Citation2011 c. 2
Dates
Royal assent16 March 2011
Status: Spent
Text of the Appropriation Act 2011 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
  • The Appropriation Act 2011 (c. 2)

Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2012
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to authorise the use of resources for the years ending with 31 March 2012 and 31 March 2013; to authorise the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for those years and for the year ending with 31 March 2011; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act for the years ending with 31 March 2011 and 31 March 2012.
Citation2012 c. 1
Dates
Royal assent8 March 2012
Status: Spent
Text of the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2012 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
  • The Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2012 (c. 1)

Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2012
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to authorise the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2013; to authorise both the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund and the application of income for that year; and to appropriate the supply authorised for that year by this Act and by the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2012.
Citation2012 c. 13
Dates
Royal assent17 July 2012
Status: Spent
Text of the Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2012 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
  • The Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2012 (c. 13)

Northern Ireland

A number of Appropriation Acts were passed by the

Orders in Council have been made for Northern Ireland.[28]

See also

References

Notes
  1. ^ a b c Bradley & Ewing (2003) pp. 202–203
  2. ^ See, for example, the Act 39 Geo 3 c 114 (1799)
  3. ^ The Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Third Report. Draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill. Law Com 37. Cmnd 4546. HMSO. London. December 1970. Page 23.
  4. ^ Pickering, The Statutes at Large, vol 31, p 96
  5. ^ Raithby, The Statutes at Large, vol 20, p 149. See also pp 4, 5, 56 & 112.
  6. ^ Glen. "Consolidated Fund Appropriation Act" in "Poor Law Legislation". The Union, Parish, and Public Health Officers' Pocket Almanac and Guide, for the Year of our Lord 1865. Knight & Co. London. 1865. pp 174 & 175.
  7. ^ "Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Act": Paterson (ed). The Practical Statutes of the Session 1864. John Crockford. London. 1864. p v.
  8. ^ For a copy of this act, see A Collection of the Public General Statutes.
  9. ^ "Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill". Index to Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, in the Sixth Session of the Eighteenth Parliament of the United Kingdom. 27° & 28° Victoria. 1864. ("72" is a misprint for "73").
  10. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 8 of this act.
  11. ^ For further commentary on this act, see "The Appropriation Act, 1870", Halsbury's Statutes of England, (The Complete Statutes of England), 1st Edition, vol 17: [1] [2], p 500; and "The Appropriation Act, 1870", Halsbury's statutes of England, 2nd Edition, vol 22, p 761.
  12. 11 & 12 Geo. 5
    . c. 37), Second Schedule
  13. ^ a b This short title was conferred on this act by section 6 of this act.
  14. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 7 of this act.
  15. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 6 of this act.
  16. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 6 of this act.
  17. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 6 of this act.
  18. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 6 of this act.
  19. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 7 of this act.
  20. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 7 of this act.
  21. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 7 of this act.
  22. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 6 of this act.
  23. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 8 of this act.
  24. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 7 of this act.
  25. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 7 of this act.
  26. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 7 of this act.
  27. ^ See, for example, the Appropriation Act (Northern Ireland)1923.
  28. ^ "The Public Accounts Committee", p 13 (12 December 1984 et seq), Parliamentary Papers: House of Commons Bills and Papers and Command Papers, Volume 24, Session 6 November 1984 to 30 October 1985. The Appropriation (Northern Ireland) Order 2000 (SI 2000/742) (NI 1) is an example of an Appropriation Order in Council.
Bibliography
  • Bradley, A. W.; Ewing, K. D. (2003). Constitutional and Administrative Law (13th ed.). London: Pearson. pp. 202–203.
    ISBN 0582438071
    .

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