Money and property
I147Payment out of Consolidated Fund
1
This section applies if the Treasury think that the funds available to the Commissioners may be insufficient to make, under or by virtue of an enactment—
a
a payment into the National Insurance Fund,
b
a payment into the Northern Ireland National Insurance Fund,
c
a payment of a kind specified in section 44(2)(c) to (g), or
d
a disbursement of a kind specified in section 44(3).
2
Where this section applies the Treasury may pay money to the Commissioners out of the Consolidated Fund to enable them to make a payment or disbursement.
3
This section applies whether or not the reason for a deficiency is or may be that an amount has been paid or retained on the basis of an estimate that has proved or may prove to be inaccurate.