Law Officers Fees Act 1872 (c. 70)

Law Officers Fees Act 1872

1872 CHAPTER 70 35 and 36 Vict

An Act to make better Provision respecting certain Fees payable to the Law Officers of the Crown for England.

[10th August 1872]

1 Certain fees payable to law officer to be paid as Treasury may direct and carried to the Consolidated Fund. U.K.

All fees payable to or to the credit of any law officer or his clerk . . . F1 on account of . . . F1 any gift, grant, or writing under the Great Seal, or any warrant for the same, or on account of any business in respect of which a salary is for the time being paid to such law officer out of moneys provided by Parliament, shall be paid to such person and in such manner as the Treasury may from time to time direct, and shall be carried to the Consolidated Fund.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words repealed by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 (c. 54)

2 Meaning of “law officer.” U.K.

The term “law officer” in this Act means Her Majesty’s Attorney General and Solicitor General for England . . . F2

Textual Amendments

F2 Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (c. 39)

3 Short title. U.K.

This Act may be cited as “The Law Officers Fees Act 1872.”