Commentary on provisions of Act Sections 3 and 4: Issue and use of sums out of the Consolidated Fund (of Northern Ireland)
The purpose of sections 3 and 4 is to authorise the Northern Ireland Department of Finance to issue out of the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland the sum of £21,487,341,000 for the purposes set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1. The authorisations in sections 3 and 4 supersede the authorisations and appropriations made by section 4 of the Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, and under section 59 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 for the year ending 31 March 2023.