(1)This Act may be cited as the House of Commons (Administration) Act 1978.
(2)In this Act—
“the Accounting Officer” has the meaning given by section 3(2) of this Act,
“the Commission” means the House of Commons Commission,
“House Departments” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of this Act.
(3)Schedule 2 to this Act (supplementary and consequential provisions) shall have effect.
(4)The enactments in Schedule 3 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
(5)The following provisions of this Act, namely—
section 2,
paragraphs 3 to 5 of Schedule 2, and
Schedule 3,
shall not come into force until 1st January 1979.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 5 (4) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991