Government Annuities Act 1882
WHEREAS under the Government Annuities Acts, 1829 to 1873, the National Debt Commissioners are authorised either directly or through the medium of a savings bank to grant annuities and to contract for payments on death within the limits and subject to the conditions in the said Acts mentioned, and it is expedient to make further provision respecting such annuities and contracts: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spir...