What the official record says
This Act is the Appropriation (2016/17 Confirmation and Validation) Act . This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent. The purpose of this Act is— to confirm and validate matters relating to the 2016/17 financial year; and to validate a matter relating to the 2015/16 financial year. In this Act,— means the financial year ending with 30 June 2016 means the financial year ending with 30 June 2017. Terms or expressions used and not defined in this Act but defined in the Public Finance Act 1989 have, in this Act, the same meanings as in the Public Finance Act 1989. The Public Finance (Transfers Between Outputs) Order 2017 is confirmed. The incurring of expenses approved by the Minister of Finance under section 26B of the Public Finance Act 1989 for