Consolidated Fund Act 1816

XIIIssues may be made in Ireland out of the Consolidated Fund, for current Services as heretofore, and the Amount to be made good in the British Exchequer.

And be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to prevent any Issues being made from the Exchequer in Ireland out of the growing Produce of the Consolidated Fund arising from Time to Time in that Part of the United Kingdom, for the necessary current Services thereof, according to the invariable Course and Practice which hath heretofore prevailed there ; such Issues nevertheless, to be made in the Form and Manner directed by this Act: Provided always, That on or before the First Day of February in every Year, an Account shall be made up in the Exchequer of Ireland, of all Sums which shall have been issued out of the growing Produce of the Consolidated Fund, arising there during the respective Quarterly Periods commencing and ending as aforesaid, for defraying the current Services of Ireland, specifying in such Account the Heads of Service for which such Issues were made ; which Account shall be certified by the Auditor General of His Majesty's Exchequer there, and shall be forthwith transmitted by the Vice Treasurer to the Lord High Treasurer, or the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and such Lord High Treasurer, or Commissioners, or any Three or more of such Commissioners, as the Cafe may be, shall thereupon, by a Warrant under his or their Hand or Hands, order and direct that out of any of the Aids or Supplies of the Year remaining in the Exchequer in Great Britain, applicable to the Discharge of such Sum or Sums reflectively a Sum or Sums equal to such certified Amount of the Issues made out of the growing Produce of the Consolidated Fund, arising in Ireland for defraying the current Services there, shall be carried and placed to the Account and Credit of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom within such Quarter, and the same shall thereupon be carried and placed to such Account and Credit by the Auditor of the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer in Great Britain, and by the Auditor General of His Majesty's Exchequer in Ireland.