An Appropriation Act is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which, like a Consolidated Fund Act, allows the Treasury to issue funds out of the Consolidated Fund. Unlike a Consolidated Fund Act, an Appropriation Act also "appropriates" the funds, that is allocates the funds issued out of the Consolidated Fund to individual government departments and 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:
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:
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 | |
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| Citation | 15 Geo. 3. c. 42 |
- The Appropriation Act 1776 (17 Geo. 3. c. 47)
- The Appropriation Act 1778 (18 Geo. 3. c. 54)
- The Appropriation Act 1790 (30 Geo. 3. c. 32)
- The Appropriation Act 1795 (35 Geo. 3. c. 120)
- The Appropriation Act 1796 (36 Geo. 3. c. 126)
- The Appropriation Act 1797 (37 Geo. 3. c. 144)
- The Appropriation Act 1798 (38 Geo. 3. c. 90)
| Appropriation Act 1799 | |
|---|---|
| Act of Parliament | |
| |
| Long title | An act for granting to his Majesty a certain sum of money out of the consolidated fund, for applying certain sums of money therein mentioned, for the service of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine; and for further appropriating the supplies granted in this session of parliament. |
| Citation | 39 Geo. 3. c. 114 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 12 July 1799 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1871 |
Status: Repealed | |
19th century
1800s
- The Appropriation Act 1800 (41 Geo. 3. (G.B.) c. 14)
- The Appropriation, etc. Act 1801 (41 Geo. 3. (U.K.) c. 84)
- The Appropriation Act 1802 (42 Geo. 3. c. 120)
- The Appropriation Act 1803 (43 Geo. 3. c. 162)
- The Appropriation Act 1804 (44 Geo. 3. c. 110)
- The Appropriation Act 1805 (45 Geo. 3. c. 129)
- The Appropriation Act 1806 (46 Geo. 3. c. 149)
- The Appropriation Act 1807 (47 Geo. 3 Sess. 2. c. 76)
- The Appropriation Act 1808 (48 Geo. 3. c. 148)
- The Appropriation Act 1809 (49 Geo. 3. c. 128)
1810s
| Appropriation Act 1810 | |
|---|---|
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An act for granting to His Majesty certain Sums of Money out of the Consolidated Fund of Great Britain, and for applying certain Monies therein mentioned, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and ten; and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. |
| Citation | 50 Geo. 3. c. 115 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 20 June 1810 |
- The Appropriation Act 1810 (50 Geo. 3. c. 115)
| Appropriation Act 1811 | |
|---|---|
| Act of Parliament | |
| |
| Long title | An act for granting to His Majesty certain Sums of Money out of the Consolidated Fund of Great Britain; and for applying certain Monies therein mentioned, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and eleven; and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. |
| Citation | 51 Geo. 3. c. 117 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 26 June 1811 |
- The Appropriation Act 1811 (51 Geo. 3. c. 117)
| Appropriation Act 1812 | |
|---|---|
| Act of Parliament | |
| |
| Long title | An act for granting to His Majesty certain Sums of Money out of the Consolidated Fund of Great Britain, and for applying certain Monies therein mentioned for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and twelve; and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. |
| Citation | 52 Geo. 3. c. 154 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 28 July 1812 |
- The Appropriation Act 1812 (52 Geo. 3. c. 154)
| Appropriation Act 1816 | |
|---|---|
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An act for granting to His Majesty a certain Sum out of the Consolidated Fund of Great Britain, and for applying certain Monies therein mentioned for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and sixteen; and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. |
| Citation | 56 Geo. 3. c. 142 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 2 July 1816 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1873 |
Status: Repealed | |
- The Appropriation Act 1816 (56 Geo. 3. c. 142)
| Appropriation Act 1817 | |
|---|---|
| Act of Parliament | |
| |
| Long title | An act for applying certain Monies therein mentioned for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and seventeen, and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. |
| Citation | 57 Geo. 3. c. 132 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 12 July 1817 |
- The Appropriation Act 1817 (57 Geo. 3. c. 132)
| Appropriation Act 1818 | |
|---|---|
| Act of Parliament | |
| |
| Long title | An act for applying certain Monies therein mentioned for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and eighteen. |
| Citation | 58 Geo. 3. c. 101 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 10 June 1818 |
- The Appropriation Act 1818 (58 Geo. 3. c. 101)
| Appropriation Act 1819 | |
|---|---|
| Act of Parliament | |
| |
| Long title | An act for applying certain Monies therein mentioned for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and nineteen; and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. |
| Citation | 59 Geo. 3. c. 133 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 13 July 1819 |
- The Appropriation Act 1819 (59 Geo. 3. c. 133)
1820s
1840s
| Appropriation Act 1842 | |
|---|---|
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund, and certain other Sums, to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-two, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. |
| Citation | 5 & 6 Vict. c. 121 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 12 August 1842 |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
- The Appropriation Act 1842 (5 & 6 Vict. c. 121)
1860s
| Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Act 1864 | |
|---|---|
| Act of Parliament | |
| |
| Long title | An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund and the Surplus of Ways and Means to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. |
| Citation | 27 & 28 Vict. c. 73 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 29 July 1864 |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
- The Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Act[6][7] (1864) (27 & 28 Vict. c. 73).[8] The Bill for this Act was the Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill.[9] This Act received royal assent on 29 July 1864.
1870s
| Appropriation Act 1870 | |
|---|---|
| Act of Parliament | |
| |
| Long title | An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. |
| Citation | 33 & 34 Vict. c. 96 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 10 August 1870 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1966 |
Status: Repealed | |
- The Appropriation Act 1870[10][11] (33 & 34 Vict. c. 96). This Act received royal assent on 10 August 1870. Section 7 was amended by section 6 of the Appropriation Act 1872, and repealed by section 6 of the Appropriation Act 1877. The Appropriation Act 1870, except sections 6 and 8, was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1883. The words "militia, yeomanry" in section 6 were repealed by the Territorial Army and Militia Act 1921.[12] The whole Act was repealed for the United Kingdom by the Schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1966, and for the Republic of Ireland by Part 4 of the Schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1983.
| Appropriation Act 1871[13] | |
|---|---|
| Act of Parliament | |
| |
| Long title | An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. |
| Citation | 34 & 35 Vict. c. 89 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 21 August 1871 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1883 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
- The Appropriation Act 1871[13] (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 | |
| |
| Citation | 35 & 36 Vict. c. 87 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 10 August 1872 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1883 |
Status: Repealed | |
- The Appropriation Act 1872[14] (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 | |
| |
| Citation | 36 & 37 Vict. c. 79 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 5 August 1873 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1883 |
Status: Repealed | |
- The Appropriation Act 1873[15] (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 | |
| |
| Citation | 37 & 38 Vict. c. 56 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 7 August 1874 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1883 |
Status: Repealed | |
- The Appropriation Act 1874[16] (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 | |
| |
| Citation | 38 & 39 Vict. c. 78 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 13 August 1875 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1883 |
Status: Repealed | |
- The Appropriation Act 1875[17] (38 & 39 Vict. c. 78). This Act received royal assent on 13 August 1875, and was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1883.
- The Appropriation Act 1876[18] (39 & 40 Vict. c. 60). This Act received royal assent on 15 August 1876, and was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1883.
- The Appropriation Act 1877[19] (40 & 41 Vict. c. 61). This Act received royal assent on 14 August 1877, and was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1883.
- The Appropriation Act 1878[20] (41 & 42 Vict. c. 65). This Act received royal assent on 16 August 1878, and was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1883.
- The Appropriation Act 1879[21] (42 & 43 Vict. c. 51). This Act received royal assent on 15 August 1879, and was repealed by the First Schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1894.
1880s
| Appropriation Act 1880 | |
|---|---|
| Act of Parliament | |
| |
| Citation | 43 Vict. c. 13 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 24 March 1880 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1894 |
Status: Repealed | |
- The Appropriation Act 1880[22] (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 | |
| |
| Citation | 43 & 44 Vict. c. 40 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 7 September 1880 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1894 |
Status: Repealed | |
- The Appropriation Act 1880 (Session 2)[23] (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 | |
| |
| Citation | 44 & 45 Vict. c. 56 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 27 August 1881 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1894 |
Status: Repealed | |
- The Appropriation Act 1881[24] (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 | |
| |
| Citation | 45 & 46 Vict. c. 71 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 18 August 1882 |
- The Appropriation Act 1882[25] (45 & 46 Vict. c. 71). This Act received royal assent on 18 August 1882.
| Appropriation Act 1883 | |
|---|---|
| Act of Parliament | |
| |
| Citation | 46 & 47 Vict. c. 50 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 25 August 1883 |
- The Appropriation Act 1883[26] (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 | |
| |
| Long title | An 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. |
| Citation | 2010 c. 5 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 18 March 2010 |
| Text of the Appropriation Act 2010 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
| Appropriation Act 2011 | |
|---|---|
| Act of Parliament | |
| |
| Long title | An 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. |
| Citation | 2011 c. 2 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 16 March 2011 |
| Text of the Appropriation Act 2011 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
| Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2012 | |
|---|---|
| Act of Parliament | |
| |
| Long title | An 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. |
| Citation | 2012 c. 1 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 8 March 2012 |
| 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. | |
| Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2012 | |
|---|---|
| Act of Parliament | |
| |
| Long title | An 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. |
| Citation | 2012 c. 13 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 17 July 2012 |
| 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 Appropriation Act 2010 (c. 5)
- The Appropriation Act 2011 (c. 2)
- The Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2012 (c. 1)
- The Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2012 (c. 13)
Northern Ireland
A number of Appropriation Acts were passed by the Parliament of Northern Ireland.[27] A number of Appropriation Orders in Council have been made for Northern Ireland.[28]
See also
References
- Notes
- 1 2 3 Bradley & Ewing (2003) pp. 202–203
- ↑ See, for example, the Act 39 Geo 3 c 114 (1799)
- ↑ The Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Third Report. Draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill. Law Com 37. Cmnd 4546. HMSO. London. December 1970. Page 23.
- ↑ Pickering, The Statutes at Large, vol 31, p 96
- ↑ Raithby, The Statutes at Large, vol 20, p 149. See also pp 4, 5, 56 &112.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Act": Paterson (ed). The Practical Statutes of the Session 1864. John Crockford. London. 1864. p v.
- ↑ For a copy of this Act, see A Collection of the Public General Statutes.
- ↑ "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").
- ↑ This short title was conferred on this Act by section 8 of this Act.
- ↑ 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: , p 500; and "The Appropriation Act, 1870", Halsbury's statutes of England, 2nd Edition, vol 22, p 761.
- ↑ The Territorial Army and Militia Act 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 37), Second Schedule
- 1 2 This short title was conferred on this Act by section 6 of this Act.
- ↑ This short title was conferred on this Act by section 7 of this Act.
- ↑ This short title was conferred on this Act by section 6 of this Act.
- ↑ This short title was conferred on this Act by section 6 of this Act.
- ↑ This short title was conferred on this Act by section 6 of this Act.
- ↑ This short title was conferred on this Act by section 6 of this Act.
- ↑ This short title was conferred on this Act by section 7 of this Act.
- ↑ This short title was conferred on this Act by section 7 of this Act.
- ↑ This short title was conferred on this Act by section 7 of this Act.
- ↑ This short title was conferred on this Act by section 6 of this Act.
- ↑ This short title was conferred on this Act by section 8 of this Act.
- ↑ This short title was conferred on this Act by section 7 of this Act.
- ↑ This short title was conferred on this Act by section 7 of this Act.
- ↑ This short title was conferred on this Act by section 7 of this Act.
- ↑ See, for example, the Appropriation Act (Northern Ireland)1923.
- ↑ "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.
Further reading
- Norman Wilding and Philip Laundy. "Appropriation Act". An Encyclopaedia of Parliament. Third Edition. Frederick A Praeger. New York and Washington. 1968. Pages 24 and 25. See also pages 3, 129, 167, 168, 250, 253, 254, 536, 596, 599, 601 and 685.
- Will Bateman. Public Finance and Parliamentary Constitutionalism. Cambridge University Press. 2020. Page 31 et seq.
- HM Treasury (2000). Government Accounting: A Guide on Accounting and Financial Procedures. Stationery Office Books. ISBN 0-11-702668-9.
External links
- "Appropriation Act 2008". Office of Public Sector Information. Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
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