{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-budget-act-2023/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-budget-act-2023/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/3",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Budget Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-budget-act-2023",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Use of sum issued out of the Consolidated Fund",
  "text": "(1) The sum that the Department may issue out of the Consolidated Fund under section 3 may be used for the year ending 31 March 2023 in accordance with subsection (2).\n(2) The sum specified in Part 1 of a Schedule 1 estimate as a money requirement may be used by the person to whom the estimate relates for the purposes specified in Part 2 of the estimate.\n(3) The authorisations in this section and in section 3 supersede the authorisations and appropriations made—\n(a) by section 4 of the Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 6 (N.I.)), and\n(b) under section 59 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 for the year ending 31 March 2023,\nwhich total £20,353,974,000.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 4 coming into force at Royal Assent (with effect in accordance with s. 7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/3/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:53:23.206952+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."
}