{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/section-63",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/section-63.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/47",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998",
  "path": "section/63",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "63",
  "heading": "Financial acts of the Assembly.",
  "text": "(1) The Assembly may not pass a vote, resolution or Act to which this subsection applies except in pursuance of a recommendation which—\n(a) is made by the Minister of Finance and Personnel; and\n(b) is signified to the Assembly by him or on his behalf.\n(2) Subsection (1) applies to a vote, resolution or Act which—\n(a) imposes or increases a charge on the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland;\n(b) appropriates a sum out of that Fund or increases a sum to be appropriated;\n(c) releases or compounds a debt owed to the Crown; or\n(d) imposes or increases a tax.\n(3) Standing orders shall provide that a vote, resolution or Act which—\n(a) appropriates a sum out of the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland or increases a sum to be appropriated; or\n(b) imposes or increases a tax,\nshall not be passed without cross-community support.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 63 excluded by 1994 c. 9, s. 30A(11)(b) (as inserted (17.7.2012) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 23 para. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 63 excluded by 2010 c. 4, s. 357IA(5) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 5 of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax (Northern Ireland) Act 2015 (c. 21), s. 1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/section/63",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:12.253813+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."
}