What the official record says
This Act is the Imprest Supply (Second for 2010/11) Act . This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent. The purposes of this Act are— to authorise expenses and capital expenditure to be incurred by the Crown and Offices of Parliament during the 2010/11 year in advance of appropriation by way of an Appropriation Act; and to enable the net asset holdings of departments and Offices of Parliament to exceed the amounts confirmed in the Appropriation (2010/11 Estimates) Act 2010. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— means the financial year ending with 30 June 2011 has the meaning given to it by section 2(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989, but does not include an intelligence and security department has the meaning given to it by secti