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Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968

1968 CHAPTER 14I1E1

An Act to increase contributions payable under the National Insurance Act 1965 and the National Health Service Contributions Act 1965, and to strengthen the provisions of the former Act as to enforcement; to restrict the enactments providing for the supply of milk to school children; to provide compensation for civil defence employees in connection with the reduction of activities under section 2 of the Civil Defence Act 1948; to provide for increasing, or for abolishing in the interests of economy, certain fees and other payments; and to amend section 3 of the Local Employment Act 1960 as regards consultation with the advisory committee; and for purposes connected therewith.

[20th March 1968]

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F2,F34 Compensation to civil defence employees for loss of employment etc.

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SI 5 Increase of fees etc. cross-notesP1,P2

SI(1)With a view to securing from the fees, charges or other payments required or regulated by the enactments mentioned in column 1 of Schedule 3 to this Act a net return corresponding more nearly with the cost of the matters for which they are payable, or to dispensing with payments from which a net return cannot reasonably be expected, those enactments may be amended by an order made by the Minister specified in relation to the enactment in question in column 2 of the Schedule, so as to vary any sum specified by the enactment as the amount or maximum amount of any payment, or so as to provide that any sum payable under the enactment shall cease to be payable.

SI(2)The powers conferred by subsection (1) above in relation to any enactment shall be exercisable in relation to that enactment as applied by any other enactment, and shall include power—

(a)to make different provision for different cases, or provision limited to specified cases; and

(b)to repeal any enactment superseded by the exercise of the powers (including any enactment amending an enactment mentioned in Schedule 3 to this Act); and

(c)to vary or revoke any previous order under subsection (1) above.

(3)The power to make orders under subsection (1) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument, which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(4)There shall be paid into the Exchequer any addition resulting from this section to the sums so payable by virtue of any other enactment.

(5)This section shall extend to Northern Ireland in so far as it affects—

(a)M1section 9 of the Fees (Increase) Act 1923 in its operation on any enactment relating to matters in respect of which the Parliament of Northern Ireland has no power to make laws; or

(b)M2section 90(2) of the Transport Act 1962.

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F47 Short title and extent. cross-notes

(1)This Act may be cited as the Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968.

(2)Subject to section 5(5) above, this Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland, . . .

F5 SCHEDULES

F6,F6SCHEDULE 1

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F7,F7 SCHEDULE 2 cross-notes

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X1 SCHEDULE 3 cross-notesP3

Variation of Fees etc.cross-notes

Enactments requiring or regulating payment Relevant Minister
1. (a) The Births and Deaths Registration Act 1836 (c. 86) section 35.
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F9. . .
F10. . . [F11The [F12Secretary of StateF12] .F11]
F13. . .
F14 ...
(b) The Savings Banks Act 1887 (c. 40) [F15 sections 10 and 10B(2)F15] .
F16 ... F16 ...
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F17,F18 . . .
F16 ... The Factories Act 1961 (c. 34) section 178(1). [F19The [[F12,F20Secretary of StateF20] or, as regards Scotland, theF12] Secretary of State.F19]
The Education (Scotland) Act [F211980 (c. 44) section 84(1)F21] .
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F22[F23The Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) [F15sections 124(3) and 124B(1)F15,F23]] [F24The Secretary of State.F24]
F25... [F11The [F12Secretary of StateF12] .F11]
3. The Lyon King of Arms Act 1867 (c. 17) Schedule B. The Secretary of State.
F264. ... F26 ...
F165. ... F16 ...
F166. ...
F27 . . .
The Road and Rail Traffic Act 1933 (c. 53) section 47(2). [F28the TreasuryF28]
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The Transport Act 1962 (c. 46) section 90(2).
F317. (a) . . . F32 . . .
(b) . . . . . .
8. [F33The Road Traffic Act 1972 (c. 20), sections 154 and 155.F33] [F34The Secretary of StateF34] or, as regards Scotland, the Secretary of State.
F169. ... F16 ...
Status: Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 15 May 2026. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968 (1968/14)
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