This Act is the Imprest Supply (First for 2013/14) Act 2013.

This Act comes into force on 1 July 2013.

(1) Sections 6, 7, and 10 are repealed on the coming into force of the first Appropriation Act for the 2013/14 year.

(2) The rest of this Act is repealed on the close of 30 June 2014.

The purposes of this Act are—

• (a) to authorise expenses and capital expenditure to be incurred by the Crown and Offices of Parliament during the 2013/14 year in advance of appropriation by way of an Appropriation Act; and

• (b) to enable the net asset holdings of departments and Offices of Parliament to exceed the amounts confirmed in the Appropriation (2012/13 Supplementary Estimates) Act 2013.

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(2) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, asset, capital expenditure, financial year, intelligence and security department, Minister, Office of Parliament, operating surplus, remeasurements, responsible Minister, and Vote have the meanings given to them by section 2(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989.

(1) All expenses incurred under section 6(1) and all capital expenditure incurred under section 7(1) must be appropriated in an Appropriation Act that comes into force on or before 30 June 2014.

(2) Until the coming into force of that Appropriation Act, those expenses and that capital expenditure may be incurred during the 2013/14 year as if they had been incurred in accordance with one of the separate appropriations specified in section 7(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989.

(1) The authority given by this Act to incur expenses or capital expenditure in advance of appropriation is an authority under an Act for the purposes of sections 4(1) and 26C(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989.

(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply to expenses or capital expenditure for which no appropriation is made in accordance with section 8(1).