Sovereign Grant Act 2011
2011 c. 15An Act to make provision for the honour and dignity of the Crown and the Royal Family; make provision about allowances and pensions under the Civil List Acts of 1837 and 1952; and for connected purposes.
Most Gracious Sovereign,
WHEREAS Your Majesty has been graciously pleased to signify to Your faithful Commons in Parliament assembled that Your Majesty is desirous that consideration should be given by Your faithful Commons to the provision made by Parliament for the financial support of Your Majesty and other members of the Royal Household and to allowing for the continuation of support in the reigns of Your successors.
And Whereas Your Majesty has further been graciously pleased to signify that Your Majesty is desirous that the hereditary revenues of the Crown for any period for which support is provided to any of Your successors should be at the disposal of Your faithful Commons.
The Sovereign Grant¶
C121 C1The Sovereign Grant¶
C132 C2Accounts of the Royal Household¶
C143 C3The Reserve Fund¶
C154 C4Accounts of the Reserve Fund¶
C165 C5Annual report as to the amount of Sovereign Grant¶
C176 C6Determination of the amount of Sovereign Grant¶
- Step 1 Calculate 12% of the income account net surplus of the Crown Estate (see section 12) for the base year.“The base year” means the financial year that begins two years before the beginning of the relevant financial year.
- Step 2 Round the amount calculated under Step 1 up to the nearest £100,000.
- Step 3 Find the greater of—
- the amount determined under Step 2, and
- the amount of the Sovereign Grant for the financial year that immediately precedes the relevant financial year.
That amount is “the Step 3 amount”. - Step 4 If the adjusted value of the Reserve Fund at the end of the base year (see subsection (2)) exceeds 50% of the audited net relevant resources used for that year, the Royal Trustees may reduce the Step 3 amount by such amount as they consider appropriate (but see subsection (4)).
- Step 5 The amount of the Sovereign Grant for the relevant financial year is—
- the Step 3 amount, or
- if Step 4 applies, the Step 3 amount as reduced by the reduction (if any) made under Step 4.
C187 C7Review by Royal Trustees of Sovereign Grant¶
C198 C8Power to change level of Sovereign Grant¶
C209 C9Duchy of Cornwall income and grant to the heir to the throne¶
Supplementary and general¶
10 Repeal of certain financial provisions¶
The following provisions are repealed—- section 4 of the Civil List Act 1952 (provision for Her Majesty's younger children),
- section 6 of that Act (provision for widow of the Duke of Cornwall),
- section 2(8) of the Civil List Act 1972 (provision for certain other widows),
- section 3 of that Act (provision for certain other members of Royal Family),
- section 6 of that Act (power to increase certain financial provisions), and
- the Civil List Act 1975 (power to supplement sums payable under Civil List Acts).
C2111 C10Maintenance of Royal Palaces and related land¶
The Secretary of State has no duties under section 21 of the Crown Lands Act 1851 in relation to the maintenance of Royal Palaces and related land so far as they are maintained by Her Majesty out of the Sovereign Grant.C2212 C11Meaning of “the audited net relevant resources”, “the value of the Reserve Fund” and “the income account net surplus of the Crown Estate”¶
- “the audited net relevant resources” used for a financial year are the amount of net relevant resources used for that year stated in the statement of accounts certified by the Comptroller under section 2,
- “the value of the Reserve Fund” at the end of a financial year is the value of the Reserve Fund at the end of that year stated in the statement of accounts certified by the Comptroller under section 4, and
- “the income account net surplus of the Crown Estate” for a financial year is the amount of that surplus stated in the statement of accounts certified by the Comptroller under section 2 of the Crown Estate Act 1961;
- “relevant report” means a report made by the Comptroller under section 2 or 4 of this Act or section 2 of the Crown Estate Act 1961, and
- “relevant figure” means—
- the amount of net relevant resources used for a financial year,
- the value of the Reserve Fund at the end of a financial year, or
- the amount of the income account net surplus of the Crown Estate for a financial year.
13 Other interpretative provisions etc¶
14 Minor and consequential amendments and repeals¶
Schedule 1 (minor and consequential amendments and repeals), which contains repeals of spent provisions, has effect.15 Commencement, transitional provisions and savings¶
16 Duration of Sovereign Grant provisions etc¶
17 Short title¶
This Act may be cited as the Sovereign Grant Act 2011.SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 ¶
Minor and consequential amendments and repeals
Section 14
Civil List Audit Act 1816 (c. 46)¶
Civil List Act 1837 (c. 2)¶
Crown Lands Act 1936 (c. 47)¶
Civil List Act 1937 (c. 32)¶
Consolidated Fund (Civil List Provisions) Act 1951 (c. 50)¶
Civil List Act 1952 (c. 37)¶
Forestry Act 1967 (c. 10)¶
Family Law Reform Act 1969 (c. 46)¶
Civil List Act 1972 (c. 7)¶
House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)¶
Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25)¶
Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18)¶
State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c. 16)¶
State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14)¶
SCHEDULE 2 ¶
Transitional provisions and savings
Section 15
Application of certain accounting provisions¶
Determination of Sovereign Grant for the financial year 2013-14¶
Payments under Civil List Acts¶
Savings for audit of the Queen's Civil List¶
Functions under section 1 of the Civil List Act 1972¶
Saving for amendments made by virtue of section 6 of the Civil List Act 1972¶
Footnotes
- C1For duration of Sovereign Grant provisions (ss. 1-9, 11, 12) see s. 16(1)-(3)
- C2For duration of Sovereign Grant provisions (ss. 1-9, 11, 12) see s. 16(1)-(3)
- C3For duration of Sovereign Grant provisions (ss. 1-9, 11, 12) see s. 16(1)-(3)
- C4For duration of Sovereign Grant provisions (ss. 1-9, 11, 12) see s. 16(1)-(3)
- C5For duration of Sovereign Grant provisions (ss. 1-9, 11, 12) see s. 16(1)-(3)
- C6For duration of Sovereign Grant provisions (ss. 1-9, 11, 12) see s. 16(1)-(3)
- C7For duration of Sovereign Grant provisions (ss. 1-9, 11, 12) see s. 16(1)-(3)
- C8For duration of Sovereign Grant provisions (ss. 1-9, 11, 12) see s. 16(1)-(3)
- C9For duration of Sovereign Grant provisions (ss. 1-9, 11, 12) see s. 16(1)-(3)
- C10For duration of Sovereign Grant provisions (ss. 1-9, 11, 12) see s. 16(1)-(3)
- C11For duration of Sovereign Grant provisions (ss. 1-9, 11, 12) see s. 16(1)-(3)
- C12S. 1: the Sovereign Grant provisions are continued (11.9.2022) and will now expire 6 months after the end of the present reign by The Sovereign Grant Act 2011 (Duration of Sovereign Grant Provisions) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/954), arts. 1(2), 2
- C13S. 2: the Sovereign Grant provisions are continued (11.9.2022) and will now expire 6 months after the end of the present reign by The Sovereign Grant Act 2011 (Duration of Sovereign Grant Provisions) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/954), arts. 1(2), 2
- C14S. 3: the Sovereign Grant provisions are continued (11.9.2022) and will now expire 6 months after the end of the present reign by The Sovereign Grant Act 2011 (Duration of Sovereign Grant Provisions) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/954), arts. 1(2), 2
- C15S. 4: the Sovereign Grant provisions are continued (11.9.2022) and will now expire 6 months after the end of the present reign by The Sovereign Grant Act 2011 (Duration of Sovereign Grant Provisions) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/954), arts. 1(2), 2
- C16S. 5: the Sovereign Grant provisions are continued (11.9.2022) and will now expire 6 months after the end of the present reign by The Sovereign Grant Act 2011 (Duration of Sovereign Grant Provisions) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/954), arts. 1(2), 2
- C17S. 6: the Sovereign Grant provisions are continued (11.9.2022) and will now expire 6 months after the end of the present reign by The Sovereign Grant Act 2011 (Duration of Sovereign Grant Provisions) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/954), arts. 1(2), 2
- C18S. 7: the Sovereign Grant provisions are continued (11.9.2022) and will now expire 6 months after the end of the present reign by The Sovereign Grant Act 2011 (Duration of Sovereign Grant Provisions) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/954), arts. 1(2), 2
- C19S. 8: the Sovereign Grant provisions are continued (11.9.2022) and will now expire 6 months after the end of the present reign by The Sovereign Grant Act 2011 (Duration of Sovereign Grant Provisions) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/954), arts. 1(2), 2
- C20S. 9: the Sovereign Grant provisions are continued (11.9.2022) and will now expire 6 months after the end of the present reign by The Sovereign Grant Act 2011 (Duration of Sovereign Grant Provisions) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/954), arts. 1(2), 2
- C21S. 11: the Sovereign Grant provisions are continued (11.9.2022) and will now expire 6 months after the end of the present reign by The Sovereign Grant Act 2011 (Duration of Sovereign Grant Provisions) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/954), arts. 1(2), 2
- C22S. 12: the Sovereign Grant provisions are continued (11.9.2022) and will now expire 6 months after the end of the present reign by The Sovereign Grant Act 2011 (Duration of Sovereign Grant Provisions) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/954), arts. 1(2), 2
- F1Word in s. 6(1) substituted (14.2.2024) by The Sovereign Grant Act 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/52), arts. 1(1), 2