{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-resources-and-accounts-act-northern-ireland-2001/section-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-resources-and-accounts-act-northern-ireland-2001/section-26.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2001/6",
  "legislation_title": "Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-resources-and-accounts-act-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "section/26",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Act a reference to the use of resources is a reference to their expenditure, consumption or reduction in value.\n(2) In this Act—\n“the 1921 Act” has the meaning given by section 1(5);\n“the Bank” has the meaning given by section 1(1);\n“the Comptroller and Auditor General” means the Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland;\n“the Consolidated Fund Account” has the meaning given by section 1(1);\n“the Department” means the Department of Finance ...;\n“statutory provision” has the meaning given by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 26(2) omitted (31.3.2022) by virtue of Financial Reporting (Departments and Public Bodies) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 8), ss. 2, 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2001/6/section/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:51.143050+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."
}