# Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1866, Section 13: Payment out of Consolidated Fund: standing services.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) This section applies in respect of services which are, under an Act, payable out of the Consolidated Fund.
(2) The Comptroller and Auditor General shall, on receipt of a requisition from the Treasury, grant the Treasury a credit on the Exchequer account at the Bank of England (or on its growing balance).
(3) Where a credit has been granted under subsection (2) issues shall be made to principal accountants from time to time on orders given to the Bank by the Treasury.
(4) An order under subsection (3) shall specify the service to which it relates.
(5) The Bank shall send to the Comptroller and Auditor General a daily account of all issues made from the Exchequer account in pursuance of this section.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/29-30/39/section/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/exchequer-and-audit-departments-act-1866/section-13
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