Annex F
ILLUSTRATIVE TREASURY MINUTE UNDER RAB
The Government Resources and Accounts Bill currently
before Parliament provides a statutory basis for the retention
and use by departments of income they receive. The Bill enables
the Treasury to direct, by Treasury Minute, that income on a resource
basis may be applied as Appropriations in Aid of resources authorised
by Parliament to be used for the service of a particular year.
2. The following is an illustration of the
Treasury Minute under RAB, consistent with the wording of the
Government Resources and Accounts Bill and with the illustrative
Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill contained in the Treasury's
July 1999 Memorandum:
"Treasury Minute dated X March 2001,
under the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000, directing
the application of certain amounts as appropriations in aid of
the estimates for the year ending 31 March 2002.
The Treasury, under the powers conferred on them
by section x(x) of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000,
hereby direct that the amounts specified as appropriations in
aid in the Estimates presented to the House of Commons on x March
2001, for the year ending 31 March 2002, shall, to the extent
specified in the wording of the said Estimates (but without reference
to the estimated provision for each individual appropriation in
aid), be applied as appropriations in aid of the relevant service
mentioned in the said Estimates.
Let a copy of this Minute be laid before Parliament
pursuant to section x(x) of the Government Resources and Accounts
Act 2000."
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