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EXPLANATORY NOTES

Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Treasury, are published separately as
HL Bill 87—EN.

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Lord Sassoon has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the Human
Rights Act 1998:

In my view the provisions of the Sovereign Grant Bill are compatible with the
Convention rights.

Contents

  1. The Sovereign Grant

    1. 1. The Sovereign Grant

    2. 2. Accounts of the Royal Household

    3. 3. The Reserve Fund

    4. 4. Accounts of the Reserve Fund

    5. 5. Annual report as to the amount of Sovereign Grant

    6. 6. Determination of the amount of Sovereign Grant

    7. 7. Review by Royal Trustees of Sovereign Grant

    8. 8. Power to change level of Sovereign Grant

    9. 9. Duchy of Cornwall income and grant to the heir to the throne

  2. Supplementary and general

    1. 10. Repeal of certain financial provisions

    2. 11. Maintenance of Royal Palaces and related land

    3. 12. Meaning of “the audited net relevant resources”, “the value of the Reserve
      Fund” and “the income account net surplus of the Crown Estate”

    4. 13. Other interpretative provisions etc

    5. 14. Minor and consequential amendments and repeals

    6. 15. Commencement, transitional provisions and savings

    7. 16. Duration of Sovereign Grant provisions etc

    8. 17. Short title

    1. Schedule 1

      Minor and consequential amendments and repeals

    2. Schedule 2

      Transitional provisions and savings

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