Background and Policy Objectives
3.The Act contains a number of miscellaneous financial provisions:
To repeal the Development Loans (Agriculture and Fisheries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1968;
To enable the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to pay grants to certain harbour authorities in relation to expenses;
To make amendments to the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977;
To allow flexibility in relation to the payment of interest on funds held in Court;
To provide statutory power to the Housing Executive to charge for costs;
To ensure consistency in relation to the accounts and audits of Health and Social Care bodies; and
To provide a statutory basis for the Department of Justice to provide for the constitution, functions, procedures and financing of two bodies providing services for the police.
