House of Commons (Administration) Act 1978

5 Short title, etc.U.K.

(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(4)The enactments in Schedule 3 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.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C1S. 5 (4) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991