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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-and-appropriation-main-estimates-act-2021/section-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2021/27",
  "legislation_title": "Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-and-appropriation-main-estimates-act-2021",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n“estimated surplus” is to be read in accordance with subsection (2);\n“income” includes capital amounts but only to the extent that they have accrued in respect of actual or anticipated capital receipts or the acquisition of a capital asset;\n“relevant AME matter”, in relation to an amount of Annually Managed Expenditure specified in a Scheduled Estimate, means a matter in relation to which that amount is identified as Annually Managed Expenditure;\n“relevant DEL matter”, in relation to a Departmental Expenditure Limit specified in a Scheduled Estimate, means a matter expenditure relating to which is identified in that Estimate as to be included in the expenditure which is to be subject to that limit;\n“relevant NBE matter”, in relation to an amount of Non-Budget Expenditure specified in a Scheduled Estimate, means a matter in relation to which that amount is identified as Non-Budget Expenditure;\n“Scheduled Estimates” means the Estimates set out in the Schedule to this Act (being the relevant part of Part 1 of each of the main Estimates as agreed by the House of Commons for the year ending 31 March 2022).\n(2) References in this Act to an amount identified in a Scheduled Estimate as representing the amount of an estimated surplus are references to an amount preceded by a minus sign.\n(3) In relation to a Scheduled Estimate for a body listed in subsection (4)—\n(a) the reference in section 3(2)(b) to a net amount authorised subject to a particular Departmental Expenditure Limit is to be read as a reference to a net requirement identified in that Estimate as “Departmental Expenditure Limit equivalent”;\n(b) references in this Act to a “relevant DEL matter” are to be read as references to a matter expenditure relating to which is identified in the Estimate as to be included in the expenditure which is subject to a net requirement mentioned in paragraph (a);\n(c) the reference in section 5(2)(a) to matters specified in relation to a particular Departmental Expenditure Limit is to be read as a reference to matters specified in the Estimate as matters from which income may arise.\n(4) The bodies are—\n(a) the House of Commons: Administration;\n(b) the National Audit Office;\n(c) the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/27/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:58:08.005044+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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