{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-budget-act-2023/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-budget-act-2023/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/3",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Budget Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-budget-act-2023",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Limits on use of resources",
  "text": "(1) Schedule 2 contains estimates relating to the persons mentioned in section 8(3) for the year ending 31 March 2024 (“Schedule 2 estimates”).\n(2) In the year ending 31 March 2024, a person mentioned in section 8(3) may use resources in accordance with subsections (3) to (7) and the Schedule 2 estimate relating to that person.\n(3) The person may use resources for the purposes specified in Part 2 of the estimate; but this is subject to subsections (4) to (7).\n(4) Where Part 1 of the estimate authorises the use of net resources for current purposes, the person—\n(a) may use resources up to the amount so authorised for current purposes;\n(b) must not use those resources for capital purposes.\n(5) Where Part 1 of the estimate authorises the use of net resources for capital purposes, the person—\n(a) may use resources up to the amount so authorised for capital purposes;\n(b) must not use those resources for current purposes.\n(6) Where Part 1 of the estimate authorises the use of net resources in relation to a category of expenditure, the person—\n(a) may use resources up to the amount so authorised for a purpose identified in the estimate as falling within that category of expenditure;\n(b) must not use those resources for any other purpose.\n(7) The categories of expenditure are—\n(a) expenditure subject to a departmental expenditure limit;\n(b) annually managed expenditure;\n(c) non-budget expenditure.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 9 coming into force at Royal Assent"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/3/section/9",
    "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."
}