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 £22,790,893,000 for the purposes set out in Part 2 of the Schedule. The authorisations in Sections 3 and 4 supersede the authorisations made by sections 10 and 11 of the Northern Ireland Budget Act 2023.