Budget (No. 3) Act (Northern Ireland) 2020
2020 CHAPTER 6
An Act to authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of a certain sum for the service of the year ending 31 March 2021; to appropriate that sum for specified purposes; to authorise the Department of Finance to borrow on the credit of that sum; to authorise the use for the public service of certain resources (including accruing resources) for the year ending 31 March 2021; to authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of an excess cash sum for the service of the year ending 31 March 2017; to authorise the use for the public service of excess resources for that year; and to repeal certain spent provisions.
[25 November 2020]
BE IT ENACTED by being passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly and assented to by Her Majesty as follows:
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Issue of sum out of the Consolidated Fund for the year ending 31 March 2021 and appropriation of that sum1 Issue of sum out of the Consolidated Fund for the year ending 31 March 2021 and appropriation of that sum
(1) The Department of Finance may issue out of the Consolidated Fund and apply to the service of the year ending 31 March 2021 the sum of £4,757,631,000.
(2) That sum is appropriated for the purposes specified in Schedule 1.
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Power of the Department of Finance to borrow2 Power of the Department of Finance to borrow
(1) The Department of Finance may borrow on the credit of the sum specified in section 1 any sum or sums not exceeding in total £2,378,816,000.
(2) Any money so borrowed must be repaid, with any interest due on it, out of the Consolidated Fund not later than 31 March 2021.
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Use of resources (other than accruing resources) in the year ending 31 March 20213 Use of resources (other than accruing resources) in the year ending 31 March 2021
(1) For the purposes of section 6(1) of the 2001 Act, this section authorises the use of resources in the year ending 31 March 2021 by the persons mentioned in subsection (3) to the amount of £4,791,050,000.
(2) In that year, resources may be used by a person mentioned in that subsection for the purposes specified in relation to that person in column 1 of Schedule 2 up to the amounts specified in the corresponding entries in column 2 of that Schedule.
(3) The persons are—
(a)
(a) the Northern Ireland departments;
(b)
(b) the Food Standards Agency;
(c)
(c) the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission;
(d)
(d) the Northern Ireland Audit Office;
(e)
(e) the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation;
(f)
(f) the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman;
(g)
(g) the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland.
(4) In subsections (1) and (2), “resources” does not include accruing resources within the meaning of section 8(1) of the 2001 Act.
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Limit on use of certain accruing resources in the year ending 31 March 20214 Limit on use of certain accruing resources in the year ending 31 March 2021
(1) For the purposes of section 8(1) of the 2001 Act, this section sets the relevant limits on the accruing resources that may be directed to be used for certain purposes in the year ending 31 March 2021 in addition to resources authorised by this Act or any other statutory provision to be used for those purposes in that year.
(2) In that year, accruing resources not exceeding the amount specified in column 3 of Schedule 2 may be directed to be used for the purposes specified in the corresponding entries in column 1 of that Schedule.
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Cash excesses for the year ending 31 March 20175 Cash excesses for the year ending 31 March 2017
(1) The Department of Finance may issue out of the Consolidated Fund and apply to the service of the year ending 31 March 2017 the sum of £112,618,000.
(2) That sum is appropriated for the purposes specified in Schedule 3.
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Resource excesses for the year ending 31 March 20176 Resource excesses for the year ending 31 March 2017
(1) For the purposes of section 6(1) of the 2001 Act, this section authorises the use of resources in the year ending 31 March 2017 by the persons mentioned in subsection (3) to the amount of £183,290,000 in the year ending 31 March 2017.
(2) In that year, resources may be used by a person mentioned in that subsection for the purposes specified in relation to that person in column 1 of Schedule 4 up to the amounts specified in the corresponding entries in column 2 of that Schedule.
(3) The persons are—
(a)
(a) the Department for the Economy;
(b)
(b) the Department of Education;
(c)
(c) the Department of Health;
(d)
(d) the Department for Infrastructure;
(e)
(e) the Executive Office;
(f)
(f) the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation;
(g)
(g) the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland.
(4) In subsections (1) and (2), “resources” does not include accruing resources within the meaning of section 8(1) of the 2001 Act.
(5) The resources authorised by this section are additional to any resources or accruing resources authorised by or under any other statutory provision to be used for those purposes in that year.
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Repeal of spent provisions7 Repeal of spent provisions
The statutory provisions mentioned in Schedule 5 are repealed to the extent specified in the second column of that Schedule.
8 Interpretation
In this Act—
“the 2001 Act” means the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001;
“statutory provision” has the same meaning as in section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.
9 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Budget (No. 3) Act (Northern Ireland) 2020.
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
Sums granted for the year ending 31 March 2021
Purpose |
Sums Granted (£) |
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,ENVIRONMENT AND RURAL AFFAIRS |
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For expenditure by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on the provision of agricultural, educational and knowledge transfer services, research and development and payments and grants to societies, associations, institutions and clubs for agri-food purposes, horticulture and rural development; provision of veterinary services including animal health and welfare, veterinary public health and official controls, international veterinary certification of live animals and animal products and payments of compensation to farmers for animals culled in disease control programmes; developing expertise in wildlife interventions; provision of policy support, future policy development and legislation for the agri-food and equine industries; veterinary medicines, antimicrobial resistance, dog control and rural needs; protection for all aspects of animal, bee and plant health and welfare; protection and conservation of sea fisheries, inland fisheries and aquaculture; grants and grants-in-aid for the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, the Loughs Agency of the Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission; and the Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority, the Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland, the Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside and the Agricultural Wages Board for Northern Ireland; grants for scientific services by other bodies; providing hardship assistance; conservation; natural heritage; environmental legislation and protection; operation of the carrier bag levy; payments for Coastal Communities Fund projects; regulation, maintenance, protection, development and conservation of forests and preparation for wind-farm development; contingency planning and exercising; payments under European Union or Nationally Funded Programmes including the Common Agricultural Policy and disallowance; payments to district councils and other approved delivery bodies; expenditure on activities and economic interventions; sector support payments and other expenditure associated with implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement, including the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol, that is required as a result of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union; expenditure on enforcement activities; administration costs; compensation payments and Governmental response to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. |
168,362,000> |
DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITIES |
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For expenditure by the Department for Communities on social security administration; payment of social security benefits, other benefits and National Insurance credits to people of working age, to pensioners and customers abroad and to people with disabilities and their carers, provision of grants, compensation, discretionary grants and loans and repayment of loans; loans for support for mortgage interest and certain home improvement loans; provision of youth and adult employment services programmes and skills training programmes; sums payable into the Social Fund for expenditure on grants, loans and payments; sums payable to the Northern Ireland National Insurance Fund for associated statutory payments; payment of the cash value of European Commission officials’ transferable state pension rights to the pension scheme of the European Union Institution; employment schemes and services, including those for people with disabilities, and career information, advice and guidance services; promoting and protecting the interests of children, older people, people with disabilities, and other socially excluded groups; Financial Assistance Scheme; child maintenance service; housing services, including discretionary payments, loans and subsidies; housing-led regeneration; regulation of the NI Housing Association sector; arts, creativity, museums, libraries, linguistic and cultural diversity, sport, recreation and other services; historic environment and payments to hold or support events; acquisition and preservation of, and provision of access to, archival heritage; residual payments in relation to the wind up of the Northern Ireland Events Company; urban regeneration including services such as property maintenance and events; community and voluntary sector; the cost of services provided to the Syrian Vulnerable Person Relocation Scheme; grants to district... |
