# Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, Section 1: Issue of sum out of the Consolidated Fund for the year ending 31 March 2022 and appropriation of that sum

Extent: N.I.

(1) The Department of Finance may issue out of the Consolidated Fund and apply to the service of the year ending 31 March 2022 the sum of £21,827,567,000.
(2) That sum is appropriated for the purposes specified in Schedule 1.
(3) The authorisation and appropriations in this section supersede those made by section 4 of the Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 and section 1 of the Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2021; and, in relation to any amount specified in column 2 of Schedule 1, any increase or decrease in the amount appropriated is given in brackets after the amount.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2022/6/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/budget-act-northern-ireland-2022/section-1
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