C113F1 Payment out of Consolidated Fund: standing services.
1
This section applies in respect of services which are, under an Act, payable out of the Consolidated Fund.
2
The Comptroller and Auditor General shall, on receipt of a requisition from the Treasury, grant the Treasury a credit on the Exchequer account at the Bank of England (or on its growing balance).
3
Where a credit has been granted under subsection (2) issues shall be made to principal accountants from time to time on orders given to the Bank by the Treasury.
4
An order under subsection (3) shall specify the service to which it relates.
5
The Bank shall send to the Comptroller and Auditor General a daily account of all issues made from the Exchequer account in pursuance of this section.