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title: "Lord High Commissioner (Church of Scotland) Act 1974"
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# Lord High Commissioner (Church of Scotland) Act 1974

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Lord High Commissioner (Church of Scotland) Act 1974
1974 c.19
An Act to empower the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Treasury, to pay an allowance in respect of the expenses attributable to the office of Her Majesty’s High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland of an amount which from time to time the Secretary of State may think appropriate.
[27th June 1974]

## 1 Allowance payable to the Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. {#section-1}

The allowance in respect of the expenses of his office payable to Her Majesty’s High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland shall after 8th May 1974 and in any subsequent year after 1974 be payable by the Scottish Ministers, and that allowance shall be of such amount as the Scottish Ministers. . .may from time to time determine as appropriate.

## 2 Financial provision. {#section-2}

There shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament any sums required for the payment of an allowance under the foregoing section.

## 3 Short title and repeal. {#section-3}

(1) This Act may be cited as the Lord High Commissioner (Church of Scotland) Act 1974.
(2) The Lord High Commissioner (Church of Scotland) Acts 1948 and 1959 are hereby repealed.