Guidance

Money bills

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

• From: Cabinet Office and Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
• Published: 3 December 2013
• Last updated: 15 February 2024
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  1. 15 February 2024

     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. 25 October 2023

     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. 30 March 2021

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

  4. 29 August 2019

     Attachment updated.

  5. 15 May 2019

     Updated 'Money bills' attachment to the latest version.

  6. 1 May 2019

     Updated 'Money bills' attachment.

  7. 12 January 2018

     2018 version of document added.

  8. 31 January 2017

     Updated Money Bills guidance

  9. 27 November 2015

     Updated document

  10. 16 September 2014

      New document added – September 2014.

  11. 3 December 2013

      First published.

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Money Bills

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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.