Paymaster General Act 1782

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Paymaster General Act 1782
Act of Parliament
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Long title An Act for the better Regulation of the Office of Paymaster General of His Majesty's Forces.
Citation 22 Geo. 3. c. 81
Territorial extent  Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent 11 July 1782
Commencement 1 January 1783 [a]
Repealed5 December 1782
Other legislation
Repealed by Paymaster-General Act 1783
Relates to Civil List and Secret Service Money Act 1782
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Paymaster General Act 1782 (22 Geo. 3. c. 81) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain.

Contents

The act abolished the practice of the heads of subordinate treasuries keeping large sums of public money for long periods, during which they employed them for their own profit. [1] It related to the Paymaster of the Forces.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of the Paymaster-General Act 1783 (23 Geo. 3. c. 50).

Notes

  1. Section 1.

References

  1. Thomson, Mark A. (1938). A Constitutional History of England. 1642 to 1801. London: Methuen. pp. 442–443.