Section 4 Use of sum issued out of the Consolidated FundI1

The sum that the Department may issue out of the Consolidated Fund under section 3 may be used for the year ending 31 March 2024 in accordance with subsection (2).

The sum specified in Part 1 of a Schedule 1 estimate as a money requirement may be used by the person to whom the estimate relates for the purposes specified in Part 2 of the estimate.

The authorisations in this section and in section 3 supersede those made by sections 3 and 4 of the Northern Ireland Budget (No.2) Act 2023, which total £22,790,893,000.