Article 3 Issue of sum out of the Consolidated Fund for year ending 31st March 2004 and appropriation of that sum

The Department of Finance and Personnel may issue out of the Consolidated Fund and apply to the service of the year ending 31st March 2004 the sum of £9,579,408,000.

That sum is appropriated for the purposes specified in Schedule 1.

The authorisation and appropriations in this Article supersede those in Article 6 of the Budget (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (NI 7) and Article 4 of the Budget (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (NI 14); and, in relation to any amount specified in column 2 of Schedule 1, any increase or decrease by virtue of this Article in the aggregate amount appropriated by those Articles is given in brackets after the amount.