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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/exchequer-and-financial-provisions-act-northern-ireland-1950/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/exchequer-and-financial-provisions-act-northern-ireland-1950/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1950/3",
  "legislation_title": "Exchequer and Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 1950",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/exchequer-and-financial-provisions-act-northern-ireland-1950",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Capital purposes of the Exchequer.",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Act “capital purposes” includes—\n(a) the repayment of the principal of any moneys borrowed by the Ministry on the security of the Consolidated Fund. . . ;\n(b) any issue for investment by virtue of section nineteen of this Act;\n(c) the discharge pursuant to section seven of this Act of any capital deficit in the Consolidated Fund;\nPara. (d) rep. by 1986 NI 19\n(e) any other purpose (including capital expenditure or the making of any loan or advance) for which the Ministry has power under any enactment (whether passed before or after this Act, and including this Act) other than a Budget Act, to issue sums out of the Consolidated Fund, and to borrow money for the purpose. . . .\n(2) The Ministry may temporarily apply for capital purposes during any financial year, any surplus of the public income received in the Consolidated Fund in that year over public expenditure met or to be met from the Consolidated Fund.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "2001 c. 6 (NI)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1986 NI 19"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "1983 NI 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1950/3/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:33:59.091898+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."
}