# Administrative and Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 2026, Section 9: Ending violence against women and girls


(1) The Executive Office has power to do anything that it considers is appropriate for the purpose of furthering any of the aims (however described) in the Strategic Framework to End Violence against Women and Girls.
(2) The power under subsection (1) includes power to—
(a) incur expenditure,
(b) give financial assistance to any person,
(c) enter into arrangements or agreements with any person,
(d) co-operate with, or facilitate or co-ordinate the activities of, any person,
(e) provide staff, goods, materials, facilities, services or property to any person.
(3) The reference in subsection (1) to the Strategic Framework to End Violence against Women and Girls is—
(a) in relation to the period specified in it, to the strategic framework on the subject of ending violence against women and girls published by the Executive Office on 16 September 2024,
(b) in relation to any subsequent period, to any strategic framework on that subject published by the Executive Office in respect of that period.
(4) In subsection (3), a reference to a document is to the document as it may be supplemented or modified from time to time.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2026/10/section/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/administrative-and-financial-provisions-act-northern-ireland-2026/section-9
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