Article 4 Use of resources (other than accruing resources) in year ending 31st March 2003

For the purposes of section 6(1) of the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (c. 6), this Article authorises the use of resources in the year ending 31st March 2003.

The use of resources by—

in that year is authorised to the amount of £10,503,229,000.

In that year, resources may be used by a Northern Ireland department or a body or person mentioned in paragraph (2) for the purposes specified in relation to that department, body or person in column 1 of Schedule 2 up to the amounts specified in the corresponding entries in column 2 of that Schedule.

The authorisations in this Article supersede those in section 6 of the Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 3) and section 3 of the Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 7); and, in relation to any amount specified in column 2 of Schedule 2, any increase or decrease by virtue of this Article in the aggregate amount authorised by those sections is given in brackets after the amount.

In this Article “resources” does not include accruing resources within the meaning of section 8(1) of the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (c. 6).