Public Trustee and Administration of Funds Act 1986
Write the words of this act the way you think they should read. Solon shows your change as a redline against the published text and pins it to that exact text, so it can never be applied to wording you did not see.
Change 1
SCHEDULE Offices of Public Trustee and Accountant General
Section 1. Public Trustee 1 For subsection (1) of section 8 of the Public Trustee Act 1906 (appointment and tenure of office of public trustee) there shall be substituted the following— (1) The Lord Chancellor shall appoint such person as he thinks fits to the office of Public Trustee and the person so appointed shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his appointment. (1A) The Public Trustee shall be paid such salary or fees as the Lord Chancellor determines with the consent of the Treasury. (1B) If one person holds office both as the Public Trustee and as the Accountant General of the Supreme Court then, if he ceases to be the Accountant General, he shall also cease to be the Public Trustee unless the Lord Chancellor otherwise directs. (1C) If a vacancy occurs in the office of Public Trustee or the person appointed to hold office is for any reason unable to act for any period such person as the Lord Chancellor appoints as deputy in that office shall, during the vacancy or that period, perform the functions of that office (and any property vested in the Public Trustee may accordingly be dealt with by the deputy in all respects as if it were vested in him instead). Accountant General of the Supreme Court 2 In section 93(1) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (status of officers for purposes of salary and pension), after the words “Schedule 2” there shall be inserted the words “ or the office of Accountant General of the Supreme Court ”. 3 For subsections (2) and (3) of section 97 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (office of Accountant General) there shall be subsituted the following— (2) The Lord Chancellor shall appoint such person as he thinks fit to the office in the Supreme Court of Accountant General of the Supreme Court and the person so appointed shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his appointment. (3) The Accountant General shall be paid such salary or fees as the Lord Chancellor determines with the consent of the Treasury. (4) If one person holds office both as the Accountant General and as the Public Trustee then, if he ceases to be the Public Trustee, he shall also cease to be the Accountant General unless the Lord Chancellor otherwise directs. (5) If a vacancy occurs in the office of Accountant General or the person appointed to hold the office is for any reason unable to act for any period such person as the Lord Chancellor appoints as deputy in that office shall, during the vacancy or that period, perform the functions of that office (and any property vested in the Accountant General may accordingly be dealt with by the deputy in all respects as if it were vested in him instead). 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SCHEDULE Offices of Public Trustee and Accountant General
Section 1. Public Trustee 1 For subsection (1) of section 8 of the Public Trustee Act 1906 (appointment and tenure of office of public trustee) there shall be substituted the following— (1) The Lord Chancellor shall appoint such person as he thinks fits to the office of Public Trustee and the person so appointed shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his appointment. (1A) The Public Trustee shall be paid such salary or fees as the Lord Chancellor determines with the consent of the Treasury. (1B) If one person holds office both as the Public Trustee and as the Accountant General of the Supreme Court then, if he ceases to be the Accountant General, he shall also cease to be the Public Trustee unless the Lord Chancellor otherwise directs. (1C) If a vacancy occurs in the office of Public Trustee or the person appointed to hold office is for any reason unable to act for any period such person as the Lord Chancellor appoints as deputy in that office shall, during the vacancy or that period, perform the functions of that office (and any property vested in the Public Trustee may accordingly be dealt with by the deputy in all respects as if it were vested in him instead). Accountant General of the Supreme Court 2 In section 93(1) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (status of officers for purposes of salary and pension), after the words “Schedule 2” there shall be inserted the words “ or the office of Accountant General of the Supreme Court ”. 3 For subsections (2) and (3) of section 97 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (office of Accountant General) there shall be subsituted the following— (2) The Lord Chancellor shall appoint such person as he thinks fit to the office in the Supreme Court of Accountant General of the Supreme Court and the person so appointed shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his appointment. (3) The Accountant General shall be paid such salary or fees as the Lord Chancellor determines with the consent of the Treasury. (4) If one person holds office both as the Accountant General and as the Public Trustee then, if he ceases to be the Public Trustee, he shall also cease to be the Accountant General unless the Lord Chancellor otherwise directs. (5) If a vacancy occurs in the office of Accountant General or the person appointed to hold the office is for any reason unable to act for any period such person as the Lord Chancellor appoints as deputy in that office shall, during the vacancy or that period, perform the functions of that office (and any property vested in the Accountant General may accordingly be dealt with by the deputy in all respects as if it were vested in him instead). 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
One line that says what changes, such as "Halve the dog tax".
Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.
A proposal here is not law. Support on Solon is evidence that people want the change; the official route says what it takes to make it law.
Sign in to file your proposal. What you have written stays on this page.
Sign in to file itThink it through
Ask what your change would do, who would gain and who would bear a cost, and where something like it is already law. The assistant reads your draft as it stands, cites the law and the studies it finds, and takes no side. What you file stays yours.