Section 47 Audit of accounts of property.C2C1
F1The Secretary of State shall annually prepare and submit to the Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts accounts of the receipt and expenditure of the capital and of the income derived from the lands and property held for the benefit of Greenwich Hospital; and the Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts shall audit the same as nearly as may be in like manner as they audit the accounts rendered by the Commissioners of Woods; and in relation to such audit the Admiralty and the Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts shall respectively have the like powers, as nearly as may be, as the Treasury and the Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts respectively have in relation to the audit of the accounts rendered by the Commissioners of Woods.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words substituted by Armed Forces Act 1981 (c. 55, 7:1), s. 24(1)(2)(b)
Modifications
- C1
Functions of Commissioner of Woods now exercisable by Crown Estate Commissioners: Forestry (Transfer of Woods) Act 1923 (c. 21), s. 4, S.R. & O. 1924/1370 (Rev. V, p. 443; 1924, p. 228), Crown Estate Act 1956 (c. 73), s. 1 and Crown Estate Act 1961 (c. 55), s. 1(1)
- C2
Functions of Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts now exercisable by Comptroller and Auditor General: Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1866 (c. 39), s. 5