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38 Management and investment of funds in court.E+W+S

(1)Subject to rules made under subsection (7) below, all sums of money, securities and effects paid and deposited in, or under the custody of—

(a)the High Court;

[F1(aa)the family court;]

(b)[F2the county court] ; or

(c)such other courts and tribunals as the Lord Chancellor may by rules made under that subsection prescribe,

shall be vested in the Accountant General.

(2)One or more accounts shall be opened and kept in the name of the Accountant General at such bank or banks as may be designated by the Lord Chancellor with the concurrence of the Treasury.

(3)Money and securities held by the Accountant General shall vest in his successor in office without any assignment or transfer.

(4)A sum of money paid and deposited in court may, . . . F3, be invested and reinvested by the Accountant General in any manner authorised by rules made under subsection (7) below.

(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

(6)The Accountant General may, in such cases as the Lord Chancellor may by rules made under subsection (7) below prescribe, apply to the court for an order for directions as to the manner in which a particular fund in court is to be dealt with.

(7)The Lord Chancellor, with the concurrence of the Treasury, may make provision as to the payment of interest on funds in court and may make rules as to the administration and management of funds in court including the deposit, payment, delivery and transfer in, into and out of any court of funds in court and regulating the evidence of such deposit, payment, delivery or transfer.

(8)Rules made under subsection (7) above may—

(a)provide for the discharge of the functions of the Accountant General under the rules by a person or persons appointed by him;

(b)provide for the transfer of money in court to and from the Commissioners;

(c)provide for money paid and deposited in [F2the county court] to be vested in, and accounted for by, a person other than the Accountant General;

(d)prescribe cases in which interest is to be paid on funds in court;

(e)prescribe cases in which funds in court are to be invested;

(f)make provision for the transfer of funds in court from one court to another;

[F5(fa)provide for the payment of a sum of money in court into the Consolidated Fund if—

(i)the payment is in respect of funds in court which have been vested in the Accountant General under subsection (1) for at least 30 years, and

(ii)the conditions (if any) prescribed by the rules are met.] and

(g)prescribe cases in which moneys payable under a judgment or order shall be paid into court.

(9)Any such rules may make different provision for different cases.

Subordinate Legislation Made

P1S. 38: power previously exercised by S.I. 1987/821, 1988/817 and 1990/518

P2S. 38(7) power exercised by S.I.1991/1227

Extent Information

E1S. 38 : Pt. VI (ss. 38-48) applies to Scotland only to the extent specified in s. 48

Textual Amendments

F2Words in s. 38 substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

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