Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Citation | 2008 NI c 11 |
| Year | 2008 |
(1) The Department of Finance and Personnel may issue out of the Consolidated Fund and apply to the service of the year ending 31st March 2009 the sum of £7,184,270,000.(2) That sum is appropriated for the purposes specified in Schedule 1.(1) Subject to subsection (2) , the Department of Finance and Personnel may borrow on the credit of the sum specified in section 1 any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole £3,592,135,000.(2) Any money so borrowed shall be repaid, with any interest due thereon, out of the Consolidated Fund not later than 31st March 2009.(1) For the purposes of section 6(1) of the 2001 Act, this section authorises the use of resources in the year ending 31st March 2009.the Northern Ireland departments;the Northern Ireland Assembly;the Northern Ireland Audit Office;the Assembly Ombudsman for Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints;the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation; andthe Food Standards Agency,(3) In that year, resources may be used by a Northern Ireland department or a body or person mentioned in subsection (2) for the purposes specified in relation to that department, body or person in column 1 of Schedule 2 up to the amounts specified in the corresponding entries in column 2 of that Schedule.(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 31st March 2009 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.The Department of Finance and Personnel may issue out of the Consolidated Fund the sum of £7,224,593.19 and apply that sum for the purposes of expenditure by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in the year ending 31st March 2007 on superannuation benefits to or in respect of persons engaged in the health and personal social services or in other approved employment. The statutory provisions mentioned in Schedule 3 are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the second column of that Schedule. In this Act— This Act may be cited as the Budget (
| Purpose | Sums Granted |
|---|---|
| (£) | |
| DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT | |
| For expenditure by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on development of the agriculture and agricultural products industries and alternative land uses, provision and funding of education and training services to the agri-food industry, provision of veterinary services, measures associated with the provision of scientific services (by the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute and other scientific bodies) , measures associated with the Innovation Fund, Skills and Science and Environment and Renewable Energy Priority Funding packages, prevention and eradication of animal diseases, protecting plant health, regional measures for farm support and enhancement of the countryside, rural development measures, market support, grants for capital and other improvements, support for agriculture in special areas, assistance to production and market development, promoting production hygiene and safety, flood defence measures, maintenance of watercourses, protection and conservation of sea fisheries and aquaculture, implementation of the European Union Common Fisheries Policy and local fisheries policy, support operation of the Loughs Agency of the Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission and the Fishery Harbour Authority, protection and conservation of forests, extension of woodland area, promotion of recreational use of forest areas, supply and sale of timber, payments under the European Union Programme for Peace and Reconciliation, payments under the European Union Structural Funds Programmes, payments under the Common Agricultural Policy and administration costs. | 171,074,000 |
| DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE, ARTS AND LEISURE | |
| For expenditure by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure on libraries (other than library services to schools) , arts and creativity, the North/South Language Body, museums, the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, W5, events, sports, inland fisheries, certain inland waterways (including payments to the Rivers Agency) , Waterways Ireland, administration and certain miscellaneous services, costs associated with the Review of Public Administration (including payments on behalf of the proposed new Northern Ireland Library Authority) , Integrated Development Fund, linguistic and cultural diversity, grants in aid to the Education and Library Boards for public library services, grants in aid to certain bodies. | 106,230,000 |
| DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | |
| General | |
| For expenditure by the Department of Education on pre-school education, schools (including library and support services for schools and pupils) , other related services, certain services for children, young people and families, and associated departmental administration and services; grants and grants in aid to education and library boards for certain services (including for core and school-related administration) ; grants and grants in aid to certain other bodies; payments by the Department in respect of certain teachers' salaries; repayment of loans; the youth service, community relations measures for young people, millennium volunteers, other related services and associated departmental administration and services; grants and grants in aid to education and library boards for youth service and community relations provision and directly associated administration; grants and grants in aid to certain other bodies for youth service and community relations provision; and payments under the European Union Programme for Peace and Reconciliation and other European Union Structural Funds Programmes for schools, youth service and community relations provision. | 1,117,241,000 |
| DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | |
| Teachers' superannuation | |
| For expenditure by the Department of Education on pensions, allowances, gratuities etc., certain payments to the Northern Ireland National Insurance Fund, and certain payments on behalf of the education and library boards and the Department for Employment and Learning, in respect of premature retirement compensation. | 74,445,000 |
| DEPARTMENT FOR EMPLOYMENT AND LEARNING | |
| For expenditure by the Department for Employment and Learning on higher education (including universities and colleges of education) ; further and adult education; youth and adult skills training; management and enterprise training; student support and other matters relating to tertiary education, including grants in aid to certain bodies, grants in respect of Educational Maintenance Allowances and certain payments to the |
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