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Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968

1968 c. 14 · Enacted 20 March 1968 · Extends to United Kingdom

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An Act to increase contributions payable under the National Insurance Act 1965 and the National Health Service Contributions Act 1965, and to strengthen the provisions of the former Act as to enforcement; to restrict the enactments providing for the supply of milk to school children; to provide compensation for civil defence employees in connection with the reduction of activities under section 2 of the Civil Defence Act 1948; to provide for increasing, or for abolishing in the interests of economy, certain fees and other payments; and to amend section 3 of the Local Employment Act 1960 as regards consultation with the advisory committee; and for purposes connected therewith.

[20th March 1968] I1E1

Annotations to the whole text

Commencement

I1

Act wholly in force at Royal Assent.

Extent

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Act except s. 5 does not extend to Northern Ireland see s. 7(2), 5(5)

Contents

  1. 1—2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  2. 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  3. 4Compensation to civil defence employees for loss of employment etc. Repealed
  4. 5Increase of fees etc.
  5. 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  6. 7Short title and extent.
  7. Schedule 1Schedule 1
  8. Schedule 2Schedule 2
  9. Schedule 3Schedule 3

1—2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1C1 E+W+S

3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1 E+W+S

4Compensation to civil defence employees for loss of employment etc.F1 E+W+S

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5Increase of fees etc.C2P1P2C1

(1)

With a view to securing from the fees, charges or other payments required or regulated by the enactments mentioned in column 1 of Schedule 3 to this Act a net return corresponding more nearly with the cost of the matters for which they are payable, or to dispensing with payments from which a net return cannot reasonably be expected, those enactments may be amended by an order made by the Minister specified in relation to the enactment in question in column 2 of the Schedule, so as to vary any sum specified by the enactment as the amount or maximum amount of any payment, or so as to provide that any sum payable under the enactment shall cease to be payable.

(2)

The powers conferred by subsection (1) above in relation to any enactment shall be exercisable in relation to that enactment as applied by any other enactment, and shall include power—

(a)

to make different provision for different cases, or provision limited to specified cases; and

(b)

to repeal any enactment superseded by the exercise of the powers (including any enactment amending an enactment mentioned in Schedule 3 to this Act); and

(c)

to vary or revoke any previous order under subsection (1) above.

(3)

The power to make orders under subsection (1) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument, which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(4)

There shall be paid into the Exchequer any addition resulting from this section to the sums so payable by virtue of any other enactment.

(5)

This section shall extend to Northern Ireland in so far as it affects—

(a)

section 9 of the M1Fees (Increase) Act 1923 in its operation on any enactment relating to matters in respect of which the Parliament of Northern Ireland has no power to make laws; or

(b)

section 90(2) of the M2Transport Act 1962.

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7Short title and extent. E+W+S

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968.

C1(2)

Subject to section 5(5) above, this Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland, . . . F1

Schedule 1F1 E+W+S

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Schedule 2F1C1 E+W+S

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Schedule 3P1X1C1C2

Variation of Fees etc.

Enactments requiring or regulating paymentRelevant Minister
1. (a) The Births and Deaths Registration Act 1836 (c. 86) section 35.
F1. . .
F2. . .
F3. . . F4The F5Secretary of State.
F6. . .
F7...
(b) The Savings Banks Act 1887 (c. 40) F8 sections 10 and 10B(2).
F9... ...
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F11. . .
... The Factories Act 1961 (c. 34) section 178(1). F12The F13Secretary of State or, as regards Scotland, the Secretary of State.
The Education (Scotland) Act F141980 (c. 44) section 84(1).
. . . F15
C3 F16 The Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) sections 124(3) and 124B(1) F17The Secretary of State.
F18... The Secretary of State.
3. The Lyon King of Arms Act 1867 (c. 17) Schedule B.The Secretary of State.
4. F19... ...
5. ... ...
6. ...
F20. . .
The Road and Rail Traffic Act 1933 (c. 53) section 47(2). F21the Treasury
F22. . .
F23...
The Transport Act 1962 (c. 46) section 90(2).
7. F24(a) . . . F25 . . .
(b) . . . . . .
8. F26The Road Traffic Act 1972 (c. 20), sections 154 and 155. F27The Secretary of State or, as regards Scotland, the Secretary of State.
9. ... ...