Budget (No. 3) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010

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Budget (No. 3) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010

2010 CHAPTER 11

An Act to authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of certain sums for the service of the year ending 31st March 2011; to appropriate those sums for specified purposes; to authorise the Department of Finance and Personnel to borrow on the credit of the appropriated sums; to authorise the use for the public service of certain resources (including accruing resources) for the year ending 31st March 2011; to authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of excess cash sums for the service of the year ending 31st March 2009; and to repeal certain spent provisions.

[28th June 2010]

BE IT ENACTED by being passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly and assented to by Her Majesty as follows:

S-1 Issue of sum out of the Consolidated Fund for the year ending 31st March 2011 and appropriation of that sum

1 Issue of sum out of the Consolidated Fund for the year ending 31st March 2011 and appropriation of that sum

(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 2011 the sum of £7,019,163,000.

(2)That sum is appropriated for the purposes specified in Schedule 1.

S-2 Power of the Department of Finance and Personnel to borrow

2 Power of the Department of Finance and Personnel to borrow

(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 £3,509,581,000.

(2)Any money so borrowed shall be repaid, with any interest due thereon, out of the Consolidated Fund not later than 31st March 2011.

S-3 Use of resources \\(other than accruing resources) in year ending 31st March 2011

3 Use of resources \\(other than accruing resources) in year ending 31st March 2011

(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 2011.

(2)The use of resources by-

(a) the Northern Ireland departments mentioned in Schedule 2;

(b) the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission;

(c) the Northern Ireland Audit Office;

(d) the Assembly Ombudsman for Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints;

(e) the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation; and

(f) the Food Standards Agency,

in that year is authorised to the amount of £7,569,483,000.

(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.

S-4 Limit on use of accruing resources in year ending 31st March 2011

4 Limit on use of accruing resources in year ending 31st March 2011

(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 2011 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.

S-5 Cash excesses for year ending 31st March 2009

5 Cash excesses for year ending 31st March 2009

(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 £16,272,049.74.

(2)That sum is appropriated for the purposes specified in Schedule 3.

S-6 Repeal of spent provisions

6 Repeal of spent provisions

The statutory provisions mentioned in Schedule 4 are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the second column of that Schedule.

S-7 Interpretation

7 Interpretation

In this Act-

"the 2001 Act" means the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (c. 6);

"resources" does not include accruing resources within the meaning of section 8(1) of the 2001 Act;

"statutory provision" has the same meaning as in section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.

S-8 Short title

8 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Budget (No. 3) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010.

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1

SUMS GRANTED FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST MARCH 2011

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, training and development services to the agri-food industry and rural enterprises, 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, prevention and eradication of animal diseases, protection of animal welfare, protecting plant health, measures for farm support and conservation and enhancement of the countryside, rural development (including anti-poverty and social exclusion) measures, market support, grants and interest rate subsidies for capital and other improvements, support for agriculture in special areas, assistance to production and market development, promoting production hygiene and safety, making hardship payments to farmers and fishermen, flood defence measures, maintenance of watercourses, protection and conservation of sea fisheries and aquaculture, prevention and control of serious fish disease, implementation of the European Union Common Fisheries Policy and local fisheries policy, support for the 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 European Fisheries Fund, implementation of and payments in relation to the Common Agricultural Policy, payments of compensation to farmers for animals culled in disease control programmes and administration costs.

145,719,000

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, 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, linguistic and cultural diversity, grants-in-aid to the Northern Ireland Library Authority for public library services, National Museums and Galleries Northern Ireland, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Sports Council of Northern Ireland, Armagh Observatory and Planetarium and grants-in-aid to certain bodies.

94,850,000

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.

1,049,562,000

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.

92,213,000

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 Department of Education in respect of teachers' premature retirement compensation...

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