Guidance

Money bills

Guidance for members of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) on the certification of bills as money bills.

Documents

2024-02-15 Money Bills pamphlet

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This page contains guidance about the drafting of bills, produced by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel for members of that office.

Updates to this page

Published 3 December 2013
Last updated 15 February 2024 + show all updates
  1. Para 1.35 - second sentence updated to reflect current way of informally indicating whether a bill is likely to be certified as a money bill Appendix - list of bills certified as money bills updated

  2. Para 1.23 - new (concerning bills that provide for the imposition of a charge partly on the Consolidated Fund, the National Loans Fund or money provided by Parliament and partly on the National Insurance Fund) Para 1.25, FN 8 - updated to reflect additional Northern Ireland Budget Bill in 2022-23 session Para 2.9, FN 18 - new (concerning motions of regret) Paras 2.15 and 2.17 - revised to include more date information Appendix - Bills certified as money bills in recent sessions added

  3. Updated guidance for members of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) on Money Bills

  4. Attachment updated.

  5. Updated 'Money bills' attachment to the latest version.

  6. Updated 'Money bills' attachment.

  7. 2018 version of document added.

  8. Updated Money Bills guidance

  9. Updated document

  10. New document added – September 2014.

  11. First published.

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