Exchequer and Audit Departments Act, 1866

Definition of terms.

2. In this Act “principal accountants” shall mean those who receive issues directly from the accounts of Her Majesty’s Exchequer at the Banks of England and Ireland respectively; “sub-accountants” shall mean those who receive advances, by way of imprest, from principal accountants, or who receive fees or other public moneys through other channels; “the Secretaries of the Treasury” shall include the Assistant Secretary.