3.—(1) This section applies in respect of services which are, under any statutory provision, payable out of the Consolidated Fund.
(2) The Comptroller and Auditor General shall, on receipt of a requisition from the Department, grant the Department a credit on the Consolidated Fund Account.
(3) Where a credit has been granted under subsection (2), issues shall be made to relevant Northern Ireland departments and other bodies or persons from time to time on orders given to the Bank by the Department.
(4) An order under subsection (3) shall specify the service to which it relates.
(5) The Bank shall send to the Comptroller and Auditor General and the Department a daily account of all issues made from the Consolidated Fund Account in pursuance of this section.
(6) A requisition or order under this section—
(a)may be produced, authenticated and transmitted in any manner which the Department, with the approval of the Comptroller and Auditor General, decides to adopt, but
(b)shall be accompanied by evidence of the approval of two officers of the Department appointed for that purpose.
(7) Section 4 of the 1921 Act (credits for services charged on Consolidated Fund) shall cease to have effect.