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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administrative-and-financial-provisions-act-northern-ireland-2026/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administrative-and-financial-provisions-act-northern-ireland-2026/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2026/10",
  "legislation_title": "Administrative and Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administrative-and-financial-provisions-act-northern-ireland-2026",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Strategic investment funding",
  "text": "(1) The Department of Finance may lend funds for investment by an investment entity in accordance with an investment strategy set by the Department.\n(2) The investment strategy must describe the policy objectives that the investments are to seek to help to deliver.\n(3) The Department may—\n(a) attach conditions (including conditions as to repayment or the payment of interest) in respect of any loans made by it under subsection (1),\n(b) make payments to the investment entity to meet administrative costs relating to the making of investments as mentioned in subsection (1).\n(4) For the purposes of this section—\n(a) an investment entity is a person who carries on an investment business,\n(b) subject to any conditions attached by the Department, funds may be invested in the following ways—\n(i) by the acquisition of loan or share capital in any company,\n(ii) by the acquisition of any undertaking or assets,\n(iii) by the making of a loan (secured or unsecured, and with or without interest).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2026/10/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:33:08.340730+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}