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Charges in Schedule (A.) to be payable out of the Consolidated Fund; and Charges in Schedule (B.) to be paid out of Aids, &c. voted by Parliament, except in certain Cases.
Charges to be defrayed as heretofore up to the passing of the Act.
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I. From and after the First Day of April One thousand Eight hundred and fifty-four, the several Charges and Payments described in the Schedules (A.) and (B.) to this Act, and which, under the Acts and Authorities in the same Schedules respectively referred to, are charged on or made payable out of the several Branches of the Public Revenue in such Schedules mentioned, or on or out of the Monies in the Hands of Commissioners or Collectors or other Receivers of such Revenues, or otherwise now charged on or payable out of all or any Parts of such Revenue respectively, or on or out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, shall cease to be so charged and payable; and such of the said Charges and Payments as are described in the said Schedule (A.) shall be charged on and payable out of the said Consolidated Fund; and such of the said Charges and Payments as are described in the said Schedule (B.) shall be paid out of such Aids or Supplies as may be from Time to Time provided and appropriated by Parliament for the Purpose: Provided always, that where the Salary of any Office holden for Life or during good Behaviour is fixed by or under any Act of Parliament, and charged on or payable out of the said Consolidated Fund, or payable out of the gross Produce of Customs and Excise under the Act of the Seventh Year of Queen Anne, Chapter Eleven, the Act of the Tenth Year of Queen Anne, Chapter Twenty-six, and subsequent Acts, nothing herein contained shall, so long as the present Holder of such Office continues to hold the same, affect the Charge on the said Consolidated Fund, or the Payment out of the gross Produce of Customs and Excise, of the Salary which at the Time of the passing of this Act is payable in respect of such Office: Provided also, that in the event of any Payment being made out of the said Revenues, or out of the Consolidated Fund, before the passing of this Act, on account of any of the Services described in the said Schedules for any Period subsequent to the said First Day of April One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, the same shall be repaid to the said Revenues, or to the Consolidated Fund, as the Case may be, out of the Consolidated Fund, or out of Monies which may be provided by Parliament for such Services for the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four—five.
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