{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/budget-act-northern-ireland-2026/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/budget-act-northern-ireland-2026/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2026/3",
  "legislation_title": "Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/budget-act-northern-ireland-2026",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Use of sum issued out of the Consolidated Fund",
  "text": "(1) The sum that the Department may issue out of the Consolidated Fund under section 3 may be used for the year ending 31 March 2026 in accordance with subsection (2).\n(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.\n(3) The authorisations in this section and in section 3 supersede those made by sections 3 and 4 of the Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2025, which total £27,431,599,000.\nIn relation to any sum specified as a money requirement in column 2 of Part 1 of a Schedule 1 estimate, any increase or decrease by virtue of this section in the amount authorised is given in column 3 of that Part.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2026/3/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:00.796699+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."
}