Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010

2010 CHAPTER 8

An Act to authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of certain sums for the service of the year ending 31st March 2011; to appropriate those sums for specified purposes; to authorise the use for the public service of certain resources for the year ending 31st March 2011.

[26th March 2010]

BE IT ENACTED by being passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly and assented to by Her Majesty as follows:

Application of this Act

1.—(1) This Act applies if (and only if) an Order in Council is made under section 4 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47) which provides for policing and justice matters to cease to be reserved matters with effect from a date (“the date of devolution”) which falls within the year ending on 31st March 2011.

(2) Accordingly—

(a) a power conferred by this Act,

(b) an appropriation made or authority granted by this Act, or

(c) a limit set by this Act,

has effect only on and after the date of devolution.

Issue of sum out of the Consolidated Fund for the year ending 31st March 2011 and appropriation of that sum

2.—(1) The Department of Finance and Personnel may issue out of the Consolidated Fund and apply to the service of the year ending 31st March 2011 the sum of £1,432,778,000.

(2) That sum is appropriated for the purposes specified in Schedule 1.

Use of resources in year ending 31st March 2011

3.—(1) For the purposes of section 6(1) of the 2001 Act, this section authorises the use of resources in the year ending 31st March 2011.

(2) The use of resources by—

(a) the Department of Justice,

(b) the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister, and

(c) the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland,

in that year is authorised to the amount of £1,369,871,000.

(3) In that year, resources may be used by those departments or that Service for the purposes specified in relation to those departments or that Service in column 1 of Schedule 2 up to the amounts specified in the corresponding entries in column 2 of that Schedule.

Limit on use of accruing resources in year ending 31st March 2011

4.—(1) For the purposes of section 8(1) of the 2001 Act, this section sets the relevant limits on the accruing resources that may be directed to be used for certain purposes in the year ending 31st March 2011 in addition to resources authorised by this Act or any other Act of the Assembly to be used for those purposes in that year.

(2) In that year accruing resources not exceeding the amount specified in column 3 of Schedule 2 may be directed to be used for the purposes specified in the corresponding entries in column 1 of that Schedule.

Interpretation

5.  In this Act—

“the 2001 Act” means the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (c. 6);

“policing and justice matters” and “reserved matters” have the same meanings as in section 4 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47);

“resources” does not include accruing resources within the meaning of section 8(1) of the 2001 Act.

Short title

6.  This Act may be cited as the Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010.

SCHEDULES

Section 3.

SCHEDULE 1 SUMS GRANTED FOR YEAR ENDING 31ST MARCH 2011

Purpose	Sums Granted
	(£)
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
For expenditure by the Department of Justice on central administrative services; forensic services; services related to crime; civil and criminal justice including juvenile justice services; probation and after-care; state pathology; compensation schemes; and certain other grants; expenditure arising from the Northern Ireland Act 2009; implementation of the Independent Commission on Police findings; security; the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland; the Northern Ireland Policing Board; Access Northern Ireland; policing; prisons including the Prison Service Trust; the Prisoner Ombudsman; the Northern Ireland Law Commission; the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Ombudsman; the Courts and Tribunals Service including the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission.	1,344,182,000
OFFICE OF THE FIRST MINISTER AND DEPUTY FIRST MINISTER
For expenditure by the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister on support for the government; the North/South Ministerial Council; the British-Irish Council; the Civic Forum; expenses of the Planning Appeals Commission and the Water Appeals Commission; expenses of the Attorney General for Northern Ireland; the Reinvestment and Reform Initiative including grant-in-aid to the Strategic Investment Board and Ilex; grant-in-aid to the Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland; grant-in-aid to the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission; promotion and administration of sustainable development policy; promotion of human rights, equality of opportunity and social inclusion including older people and people with disabilities and the alleviation of disadvantage, deprivation, poverty and hardship, including in situations of severe stress, crisis, or emergency; the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland; community relations; district council programmes; victims and survivors; the Commission for Victims and Survivors; children and young people; the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People; payments under the European Union Programme for Peace and Reconciliation; administration and other services; grants and grants-in-aid.	53,610,000
PUBLIC PROSECUTION SERVICE FOR NORTHERN IRELAND
For expenditure by the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland on the prosecution of offences; legal services; employment of independent counsel; court costs and costs awarded; payments and services to other departments; trainee grants; payments under the Asset Recovery Incentive Scheme; staffing; administration costs and other related services.	34,986,000
TOTAL	£1,432,778,000

Sections 4 and 5.

SCHEDULE 2 AMOUNTS OF RESOURCES AUTHORISED FOR USE AND AMOUNTS OF ACCRUING RESOURCES WHICH MAY BE USED IN YEAR ENDING 31ST MARCH 2011

Purpose	Resources authorised for use	Total Accruing Resources
	(£)	(£)
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
For use by the Department of Justice on central administrative services; forensic services; services related to crime; civil and criminal justice including juvenile justice services; probation and after-care; state pathology; compensation schemes; and certain other grants; expenditure arising from the Northern Ireland Act 2009; implementation of the Independent Commission on Police findings; security; the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland; the Northern Ireland Policing Board; Access Northern Ireland; policing; prisons including the Prison Service Trust; the Prisoner Ombudsman; the Northern Ireland Law Commission; the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Ombudsman; the Courts and Tribunals Service including the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission and associated non-cash items.	1,284,930,000	40,549,000
OFFICE OF THE FIRST MINISTER AND DEPUTY FIRST MINISTER
For use by the Office of First Minister and deputy First Minister on support for the government; the North/South Ministerial Council; the British-Irish Council; the Civic Forum; expenses of the Planning Appeals Commission and the Water Appeals Commission; expenses of the Attorney General for Northern Ireland; the Reinvestment and Reform Initiative including grant-in-aid to the Strategic Investment Board and Ilex; grant-in-aid to the Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland; grant-in-aid to the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission; promotion and administration of sustainable development policy; promotion of human rights, equality of opportunity and social inclusion including older people and people with disabilities and alleviation of disadvantage, deprivation, poverty and hardship, including in situations of severe stress, crisis, or emergency; the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland; community relations; district council programmes; victims and survivors; the Commission for Victims and Survivors; children and young people; the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People; payments under the European Union Programme for Peace and Reconciliation; administration and other services; grants and grants-in-aid and associated non-cash items.	47,555,000	3,376,000
PUBLIC PROSECUTION SERVICE FOR NORTHERN IRELAND
For use by the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland on the prosecution of offences; legal services; employment of independent counsel; court costs and costs awarded; payments and services to other departments; trainee grants; payments under the Asset Recovery Incentive Scheme; staffing; administration costs; other related services and associated non-cash items.	37,386,000	81,000
TOTAL	£1,369,871,000	£44,006,000