# Financial Provisions (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order contains a number of miscellaneous financial provisions.
Article 3 extends the time limits for the submission of public income and expenditure accounts. Article 4 abolishes the requirements to keep separate Consolidated Fund Services Accounts and separate Capital Accounts. Article 5 abolishes the Civil Contingencies Fund and Article 6 enables the Department of Finance and Personnel to make advances from the Consolidated Fund for civil contingencies. Article 7 provides that during the interim period accounts of trading funds shall be laid before Parliament.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1998/0110652274/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-financial-provisions-northern-ireland-order-1998/note
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