Part 2Justices of the peace

Application of receipts of magistrates' courts etc.

40Regulations about payments, accounting and banking by designated officers

1

The Lord Chancellor may, with the concurrence of the Treasury, make regulations—

a

as to the times at which, and the manner in which, a designated officer is to pay sums payable by him in his capacity as such to the Lord Chancellor or any other person,

b

requiring the keeping of accounts by designated officers in respect of sums received by them,

c

as to the production, inspection and audit of accounts required to be kept, and

d

requiring designated officers to use—

i

specified banking arrangements or facilities, or

ii

banking arrangements or facilities of a specified description,

in relation to sums received by them.

2

Regulations under this section may make different provision in relation to different descriptions of designated officer.