Appropriation Act Explained

An Appropriation Act is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which, like a Consolidated Fund Act, allows the Treasury to issue funds out of the Consolidated Fund. Unlike a Consolidated Fund Act, an Appropriation Act also "appropriates" the funds, that is allocates the funds issued out of the Consolidated Fund to individual government departments and Crown bodies.^[1] Appropriation Acts were formerly passed by the Parliament of Great Britain.^[2]

Format

Each Appropriation Act has a series of schedules which contain tables that set out how the monies issued out of the Consolidated Fund are appropriated. Each department or body which has money appropriated is noted in the tables which contain columns setting out the things the money appropriated may be spent on, the net resources authorised for use, the grants out of the Consolidated Fund, the operating appropriations in aid and the non-operating appropriations in aid. The money may not be spent for purposes other than that it is appropriated for and it must be spent by the end of the fiscal year covered by that appropriation or returned to the Consolidated Fund.^[1]

The typical structure of such an act begins with the long title, which defines which financial years the act applies to. This is followed by the preamble, which is different from the normal British public general Act of Parliament preamble in that it includes additional text before the normal preamble:

Whereas the Commons of the United Kingdom in Parliament assembled have resolved to authorise the use of resources and the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund towards making good the supply which they have granted to Her Majesty in this Session of Parliament:—

Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Until 2000 an older form of preamble was used:

Most Gracious Sovereign, WE, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom in Parliament assembled, towards making good the supply which we have cheerfully granted to Your Majesty in this Session of Parliament, have resolved to grant unto Your Majesty the sums hereinafter mentioned; and do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted and be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Each Appropriation Act typically covers two or more fiscal years, and will normally repeal earlier Appropriation Acts and Consolidated Fund Acts still on the statute books.^[1]

Effect

An Appropriation Act normally becomes spent on the conclusion of the financial year to which it relates.^[3]

List

18th century

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1775
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of Great Britain
Long Title:	An Act for granting to His Majesty a certain Sum of Money out of the Sinking Fund, and for applying certain Monies therein mentioned for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and seventy-five; and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1775
Citation:	15 Geo. 3. c. 42
Royal Assent:	26 May 1775
Repealing Legislation:	Statute Law Revision Act 1871
Status:	repealed
Collapsed:	yes

• The act 15 Geo. 3. c. 42 (1775)^[4]

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1776
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of Great Britain
Year:	1776
Citation:	17 Geo. 3. c. 47
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1776 (17 Geo. 3. c. 47)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1778
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of Great Britain
Year:	1778
Citation:	18 Geo. 3. c. 54
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1778 (18 Geo. 3. c. 54)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1790
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of Great Britain
Year:	1790
Citation:	30 Geo. 3. c. 32
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1784 (24 Geo. 3. Sess. 2. c. 44)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1784
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of Great Britain
Long Title:	An Act for granting to His Majesty a certain Sum of Money out of the Sinking Fund, and for applying certain Monies therein mentioned for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, for appropriating the Monies arising by the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry; and also by a Land Tax granted to His Majesty by Two Acts made in the last Session of Parliament; and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1784
Citation:	24 Geo. 3. Sess. 2. c. 44
Royal Assent:	19 August 1784
Repealing Legislation:	Statute Law Revision Act 1871
Status:	Repealed
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1790 (30 Geo. 3. c. 32)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1795
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of Great Britain
Year:	1795
Citation:	35 Geo. 3. c. 120
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1795 (35 Geo. 3. c. 120)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1796
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of Great Britain
Year:	1796
Citation:	36 Geo. 3. c. 126
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1796 (36 Geo. 3. c. 126)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1797
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of Great Britain
Year:	1797
Citation:	37 Geo. 3. c. 144
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1797 (37 Geo. 3. c. 144)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1798
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of Great Britain
Year:	1798
Citation:	38 Geo. 3. c. 90
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1798 (38 Geo. 3. c. 90)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1799
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of Great Britain
Long Title:	An act for granting to his Majesty a certain sum of money out of the consolidated fund, for applying certain sums of money therein mentioned, for the service of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine; and for further appropriating the supplies granted in this session of parliament.
Year:	1799
Citation:	39 Geo. 3. c. 114
Royal Assent:	12 July 1799
Repealing Legislation:	Statute Law Revision Act 1871
Status:	repealed
Collapsed:	yes

• The act 39 Geo. 3. c. 114 (1799)^[5]

19th century

1800s

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1800
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Year:	1800
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1800 (41 Geo. 3. (G.B.) c. 14)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1801
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Year:	1801
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation, etc. Act 1801 (41 Geo. 3. (U.K.) c. 84)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1802
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Year:	1802
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1802 (42 Geo. 3. c. 120)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1803
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Year:	1803
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1803 (43 Geo. 3. c. 162)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1804
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Year:	1804
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1804 (44 Geo. 3. c. 110)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1805
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Year:	1805
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1805 (45 Geo. 3. c. 129)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1806
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Year:	1806
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1806 (46 Geo. 3. c. 149)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1807
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Year:	1807
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1807 (47 Geo. 3 Sess. 2. c. 76)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1808
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Year:	1808
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1808 (48 Geo. 3. c. 148)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1809
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Year:	1809
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1809 (49 Geo. 3. c. 128)

1810s

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1810
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An act for granting to His Majesty certain Sums of Money out of the Consolidated Fund of Great Britain, and for applying certain Monies therein mentioned, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and ten; and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1810
Citation:	50 Geo. 3. c. 115
Royal Assent:	20 June 1810
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1810 (50 Geo. 3. c. 115)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1811
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An act for granting to His Majesty certain Sums of Money out of the Consolidated Fund of Great Britain; and for applying certain Monies therein mentioned, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and eleven; and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1811
Citation:	51 Geo. 3. c. 117
Royal Assent:	26 June 1811
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1811 (51 Geo. 3. c. 117)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1812
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An act for granting to His Majesty certain Sums of Money out of the Consolidated Fund of Great Britain, and for applying certain Monies therein mentioned for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and twelve; and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1812
Citation:	52 Geo. 3. c. 154
Royal Assent:	28 July 1812
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1812 (52 Geo. 3. c. 154)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1816
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An act for granting to His Majesty a certain Sum out of the Consolidated Fund of Great Britain, and for applying certain Monies therein mentioned for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and sixteen; and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1816
Citation:	56 Geo. 3. c. 142
Royal Assent:	2 July 1816
Repealing Legislation:	Statute Law Revision Act 1873
Status:	repealed
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1816 (56 Geo. 3. c. 142)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1817
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An act for applying certain Monies therein mentioned for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and seventeen, and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1817
Citation:	57 Geo. 3. c. 132
Royal Assent:	12 July 1817
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1817 (57 Geo. 3. c. 132)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1818
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An act for applying certain Monies therein mentioned for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Year:	1818
Citation:	58 Geo. 3. c. 101
Royal Assent:	10 June 1818
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1818 (58 Geo. 3. c. 101)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1819
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An act for applying certain Monies therein mentioned for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and nineteen; and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1819
Citation:	59 Geo. 3. c. 133
Royal Assent:	13 July 1819
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1819 (59 Geo. 3. c. 133)

1840s

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1842
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund, and certain other Sums, to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-two, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1842
Citation:	5 & 6 Vict. c. 121
Royal Assent:	12 August 1842
Original Text:	https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/5-6/121/pdfs/ukpga_18420121_en.pdf
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1842 (5 & 6 Vict. c. 121)

1850s

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1850
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Year:	1850
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1850

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1851
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Year:	1851
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1851

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1852
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Year:	1852
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1852

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1853
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Year:	1853
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1853

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1854
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Year:	1854
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1854

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1855
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Year:	1855
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1855

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1856
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Year:	1856
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1856

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1857
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Year:	1857
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1857

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1858
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Year:	1858
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1858

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1859
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Year:	1859
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1859

1860s

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1860
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund and the Surplus of Ways and Means to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and sixty, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1860
Citation:	23 & 24 Vict. c. 131
Royal Assent:	28 August 1860
Repealing Legislation:	Statute Law Revision Act 1875
Status:	repealed
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 131)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1861
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund and the Surplus of Ways and Means to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1861
Citation:	24 & 25 Vict. c. 103
Royal Assent:	6 August 1861
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 103)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1862
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund and the Surplus of Ways and Means to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1862
Citation:	25 & 26 Vict. c. 71
Royal Assent:	7 August 1862
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. 71)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1863
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund and the Surplus of Ways and Means to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1863
Citation:	26 & 27 Vict. c. 99
Royal Assent:	28 July 1863
Repealing Legislation:	Statute Law Revision Act 1875
Status:	repealed
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 99)

Short Title:	Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Act 1864
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund and the Surplus of Ways and Means to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1864
Citation:	27 & 28 Vict. c. 73
Royal Assent:	29 July 1864
Collapsed:	yes

• The Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Act^{[6] [7]} (1864) (27 & 28 Vict. c. 73).^[8] The bill for this act was the Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill.^[9] This act received royal assent on 29 July 1864.

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1865
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund and the Surplus of Ways and Means to the Service of the Year ending Thirty-first March One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1865
Citation:	28 & 29 Vict. c. 123
Royal Assent:	6 July 1865
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 123)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1866
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund and the Surplus of Ways and Means to the Service of the Year ending Thirty-first March One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1866
Citation:	29 & 30 Vict. c. 91
Royal Assent:	10 August 1866
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1866 (29 & 30 Vict. c. 91)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1867
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund and the Surplus of Ways and Means to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-first Day of March One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1867
Citation:	30 & 31 Vict. c. 120
Royal Assent:	20 August 1867
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 120)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1868
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund and the Surplus of Ways and Means to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-first Day of March One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1868
Citation:	31 & 32 Vict. c. 85
Royal Assent:	31 July 1868
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 85)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1869
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund and the Surplus of Ways and Means to the service of the year ending the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1869
Citation:	32 & 33 Vict. c. 93
Royal Assent:	11 August 1869
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 93)

1870s

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1870
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1870
Citation:	33 & 34 Vict. c. 96
Royal Assent:	10 August 1870
Repealing Legislation:	Statute Law Revision Act 1966
Status:	repealed
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1870^{[10] [11]} (33 & 34 Vict. c. 96). This act received royal assent on 10 August 1870. Section 7 was amended by section 6 of the Appropriation Act 1872, and repealed by section 6 of the Appropriation Act 1877. The Appropriation Act 1870, except sections 6 and 8, was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1883. The words "militia, yeomanry" in section 6 were repealed by the Territorial Army and Militia Act 1921.^[12] The whole Act was repealed for the United Kingdom by the Schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1966, and for the Republic of Ireland by Part 4 of the Schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1983.

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1871
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1871
Citation:	34 & 35 Vict. c. 89
Royal Assent:	21 August 1871
Repealing Legislation:	Statute Law Revision Act 1883
Status:	repealed
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1871^[13] (34 & 35 Vict. c. 89). This act received royal assent on 21 August 1871, and was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1883.

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1872
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1872
Citation:	35 & 36 Vict. c. 87
Royal Assent:	10 August 1872
Repealing Legislation:	Statute Law Revision Act 1883
Status:	repealed
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1872^[14] (35 & 36 Vict. c. 87). This act received royal assent on 10 August 1872. Section 6 was repealed by section 6 of the Appropriation Act 1877. The Appropriation Act 1872 was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1883.

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1873
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1873
Citation:	36 & 37 Vict. c. 79
Royal Assent:	5 August 1873
Repealing Legislation:	Statute Law Revision Act 1883
Status:	repealed
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1873^[15] (36 & 37 Vict. c. 79). This act received royal assent on 5 August 1873, and was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1883.

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1874
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1874
Citation:	37 & 38 Vict. c. 56
Royal Assent:	7 August 1874
Repealing Legislation:	Statute Law Revision Act 1883
Status:	repealed
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1874^[16] (37 & 38 Vict. c. 56). This act received royal assent on 7 August 1874, and was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1883.

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1875
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1875
Citation:	38 & 39 Vict. c. 78
Royal Assent:	13 August 1875
Repealing Legislation:	Statute Law Revision Act 1883
Status:	repealed
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1875^[17] (38 & 39 Vict. c. 78). This act received royal assent on 13 August 1875, and was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1883.

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1876
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1876
Citation:	39 & 40 Vict. c. 60
Royal Assent:	15 August 1876
Repealing Legislation:	Statute Law Revision Act 1883
Status:	repealed
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1876^[18] (39 & 40 Vict. c. 60). This act received royal assent on 15 August 1876, and was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1883.

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1877
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1877
Citation:	40 & 41 Vict. c. 61
Royal Assent:	14 August 1877
Repealing Legislation:	Statute Law Revision Act 1883
Status:	repealed
Original Text:	https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mY9-Qsab_AsC&pg=RA24-PA1
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1877^[19] (40 & 41 Vict. c. 61). This act received royal assent on 14 August 1877, and was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1883.

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1878
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1878
Citation:	41 & 42 Vict. c. 65
Royal Assent:	16 August 1878
Repealing Legislation:	Statute Law Revision Act 1883
Status:	repealed
Original Text:	https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CDr8v-v6QewC&pg=RA20-PA1
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1878^[20] (41 & 42 Vict. c. 65). This act received royal assent on 16 August 1878, and was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1883.

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1879
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighty, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
Year:	1879
Citation:	42 & 43 Vict. c. 51
Royal Assent:	15 August 1879
Repealing Legislation:	Statute Law Revision Act 1894
Status:	repealed
Original Text:	https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=gi1W16TFwe4C&pg=RA14-PA1
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1879^[21] (42 & 43 Vict. c. 51). This act received royal assent on 15 August 1879, and was repealed by the First Schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1894.

1880s

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1880
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Year:	1880
Citation:	43 Vict. c. 13
Royal Assent:	24 March 1880
Repealing Legislation:	Statute Law Revision Act 1894
Status:	repealed
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1880^[22] (43 Vict. c. 13). This act received royal assent on 24 March 1880, and was repealed by the First Schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1894.

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1880 (Session 2)
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Year:	1880
Citation:	43 & 44 Vict. c. 40
Royal Assent:	7 September 1880
Repealing Legislation:	Statute Law Revision Act 1894
Status:	repealed
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1880 (Session 2)^[23] (43 & 44 Vict. c. 40). This act received royal assent on 7 September 1880, and was repealed by the First Schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1894.

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1881
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Year:	1881
Citation:	44 & 45 Vict. c. 56
Royal Assent:	27 August 1881
Repealing Legislation:	Statute Law Revision Act 1894
Status:	repealed
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1881^[24] (44 & 45 Vict. c. 56). This act received royal assent on 27 August 1881, and was repealed by the First Schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1894.

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1882
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Year:	1882
Citation:	45 & 46 Vict. c. 71
Royal Assent:	18 August 1882
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1882^[25] (45 & 46 Vict. c. 71). This act received royal assent on 18 August 1882.

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 1883
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Year:	1883
Citation:	46 & 47 Vict. c. 50
Royal Assent:	25 August 1883
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 1883^[26] (46 & 47 Vict. c. 50). This act received royal assent on 25 August 1883.

21st century

2010s

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 2010
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the years ending with 31 March 2009 and 31 March 2010 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending with 31 March 2010; and to appropriate the supply authorised in this Session of Parliament for the service of the years ending with 31 March 2009 and 31 March 2010.
Year:	2010
Citation:	2010 c. 5
Royal Assent:	18 March 2010
Status:	spent
Uk-Leg Title:	Appropriation Act 2010
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 2010 (c. 5)

Short Title:	Appropriation Act 2011
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the years ending with 31 March 2010 and 31 March 2011 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending with 31 March 2010 and 31 March 2011; and to appropriate the supply authorised in this Session of Parliament for the service of the years ending with 31 March 2010 and 31 March 2011.
Year:	2011
Citation:	2011 c. 2
Royal Assent:	16 March 2011
Status:	spent
Uk-Leg Title:	Appropriation Act 2011
Collapsed:	yes

• The Appropriation Act 2011 (c. 2)

Short Title:	Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2012
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to authorise the use of resources for the years ending with 31 March 2012 and 31 March 2013; to authorise the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for those years and for the year ending with 31 March 2011; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act for the years ending with 31 March 2011 and 31 March 2012.
Year:	2012
Citation:	2012 c. 1
Royal Assent:	8 March 2012
Status:	spent
Uk-Leg Title:	Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2012
Collapsed:	yes

• The Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2012 (c. 1)

Short Title:	Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2012
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to authorise the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2013; to authorise both the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund and the application of income for that year; and to appropriate the supply authorised for that year by this Act and by the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2012.
Year:	2012
Citation:	2012 c. 13
Royal Assent:	17 July 2012
Status:	spent
Uk-Leg Title:	Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2012
Collapsed:	yes

• The Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2012 (c. 13)

Northern Ireland

A number of Appropriation Acts were passed by the Parliament of Northern Ireland.^[27] A number of Appropriation Orders in Council have been made for Northern Ireland.^[28]

See also

• List of short titles
• Appropriations bill (United States)

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Book: Bradley, A. W. . Ewing, K. D. . 2003 . Constitutional and Administrative Law . Pearson . London . 13th . 0582438071 . 202–203 .

Further reading

• Norman Wilding and Philip Laundy. "Appropriation Act". An Encyclopaedia of Parliament. Third Edition. Frederick A Praeger. New York and Washington. 1968. Pages 24 and 25. See also pages 3, 129, 167, 168, 250, 253, 254, 536, 596, 599, 601 and 685.
• Will Bateman. Public Finance and Parliamentary Constitutionalism. Cambridge University Press. 2020. Page 31 et seq.
• Book: Government Accounting: A Guide on Accounting and Financial Procedures . HM Treasury . HM Treasury . Stationery Office Books . 2000 . 0-11-702668-9.

External links

• Web site: Appropriation Act 2008 . Office of Public Sector Information . 2008-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090107001222/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2008/ukpga_20080003_en_1. 7 January 2009 . live.

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Notes and References

1. Bradley & Ewing (2003) pp. 202–203
2. See, for example, the Act 39 Geo 3 c 114 (1799)
3. The Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Third Report. Draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill. Law Com 37. Cmnd 4546. HMSO. London. December 1970. Page 23.
4. Pickering, The Statutes at Large, vol 31, p 96
5. Raithby, The Statutes at Large, vol 20, p 149. See also pp 4, 5, 56 & 112.
6. Glen. "Consolidated Fund Appropriation Act" in "Poor Law Legislation". The Union, Parish, and Public Health Officers' Pocket Almanac and Guide, for the Year of our Lord 1865. Knight & Co. London. 1865. pp 174 & 175.
7. "Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Act": Paterson (ed). The Practical Statutes of the Session 1864. John Crockford. London. 1864. p v.
8. For a copy of this act, see A Collection of the Public General Statutes.
9. https://books.google.com/books?id=bEFJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA2289 "Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill"
10. This short title was conferred on this act by section 8 of this act.
11. For further commentary on this act, see "The Appropriation Act, 1870", Halsbury's Statutes of England, (The Complete Statutes of England), 1st Edition, vol 17: https://books.google.com/books?id=kYNQAQAAIAAJ https://books.google.com/books?id=r4oaAQAAMAAJ, p 500; and "The Appropriation Act, 1870", Halsbury's statutes of England, 2nd Edition, vol 22, p 761.
12. The Territorial Army and Militia Act 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 37),Second Schedule
13. This short title was conferred on this act by section 6 of this act.
14. This short title was conferred on this act by section 7 of this act.
15. This short title was conferred on this act by section 6 of this act.
16. This short title was conferred on this act by section 6 of this act.
17. This short title was conferred on this act by section 6 of this act.
18. This short title was conferred on this act by section 6 of this act.
19. This short title was conferred on this act by section 7 of this act.
20. This short title was conferred on this act by section 7 of this act.
21. This short title was conferred on this act by section 7 of this act.
22. This short title was conferred on this act by section 6 of this act.
23. This short title was conferred on this act by section 8 of this act.
24. This short title was conferred on this act by section 7 of this act.
25. This short title was conferred on this act by section 7 of this act.
26. This short title was conferred on this act by section 7 of this act.
27. See, for example, the Appropriation Act (Northern Ireland)1923.
28. "The Public Accounts Committee", p 13 (12 December 1984 et seq), Parliamentary Papers: House of Commons Bills and Papers and Command Papers, Volume 24, Session 6 November 1984 to 30 October 1985. The Appropriation (Northern Ireland) Order 2000 (SI 2000/742) (NI 1) is an example of an Appropriation Order in Council.