Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 (Version in vigour from 2021-03-23 to )
| Currency | No known outstanding effects |
| Coming into Force | 23 March 2021 |
(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 £22,220,328,000.(2) That sum is appropriated for the purposes specified in Schedule 1.(3) The authorisation and appropriations in this section supersede those made by section 4 of the Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2020, section 1 of the Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2020 and section 1 of the Budget (No. 3) Act (Northern Ireland) 2020; and, in relation to any amount specified in column 2 of Schedule 1, any increase or decrease in the amount appropriated is given in brackets after the amount.(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 £25,124,542,000.(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.the Northern Ireland departments;the Food Standards Agency;the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission;the Northern Ireland Audit Office;the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation;the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman;the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland.(4) The authorisations in this section supersede those made by section 6 of the Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2020, section 3 of the Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2020 and section 3 of the Budget (No. 3) Act (Northern Ireland) 2020; and, in relation to any amount specified in column 2 of Schedule 2, any increase or decrease by virtue of this section in the amount authorised is given in brackets after the amount.(5) In this section, “resources” does not include accruing resources within the meaning of section 8(1) of the 2001 Act.(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.(3) The limits set by this section supersede those set by section 4 of the Budget (No. 3) Act (Northern Ireland) 2020; and, in relation to any amount specified in column 3 of Schedule 2 any increase or decrease by virtue of this section in the amount of the limit is given in brackets after the amount.(1) The Department of Finance may issue out of the Consolidated Fund and apply to the service of the year ending 31 March 2022 the sum of £10,081,611,000.(2) That sum is appropriated for the purposes specified in Schedule 3.(1) The Department of Finance may borrow on the credit of the sum specified in section 4 any sum or sums not exceeding in total £5,040,806,000.(2) Any money so borrowed must be repaid, with any interest due on it, out of the Consolidated Fund not later than 31 March 2022.(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 2022 by the persons mentioned in subsection (3) to the amount of £11,194,733,000.(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 4 up to the amounts specified in the corresponding entries in column 2 of that Schedule.the Northern Ireland departments;the Food Standards Agency;the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission;the Northern Ireland Audit Office;the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation;the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman;the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland.(4) In this section, “resources” does not include accruing resources within the meaning of section 8(1) of the 2001 Act.In this Act, “ This Act may be cited as the Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2021.
| Purpose | Sums Granted (£) |
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| DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, ENVIRONMENT AND RURAL AFFAIRS | |
| 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; provision of policy support, future policy development and legislation for the agri-food and equine industries and animal health and welfare; veterinary medicines, antimicrobial resistance, dog control, wildlife interventions 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; green growth, 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; other expenditure on activities that are required as a result of the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union; expenditure on enforcement activities; administration costs; compensation payments; Governmental response to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. |
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| DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITIES | |
| For expenditure by the Department for Communities on social security administration; payment of social security benefits, other benefits and National |
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