Paymaster General Act 1782
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for the better Regulation of the Office of Paymaster General of His Majesty's Forces. |
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| Citation | 22 Geo. 3. c. 81 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 11 July 1782 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Paymaster-General Act 1783 |
Status: Repealed | |
The Paymaster General Act 1782 (22 Geo. 3. c. 81) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.
The Act abolished the practice of the heads of subordinate treasuries keeping large sums of public money for long periods, during which they employed them for their own profit.[1] It related to the Paymaster of the Forces. It was repealed by the Paymaster-General Act 1783.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Thomson, Mark A. (1938). A Constitutional History of England. 1642 to 1801. London: Methuen. pp. 442–443.