The Whole of Government Accounts (Designation of Bodies) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 No. 173

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2012 No. 173

Government Resources And Accounts

The Whole of Government Accounts (Designation of Bodies) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012

Made

23rd April 2012

Coming into operation

21st May 2012

The Department of Finance and Personnel (1), in exercise of the powers conferred by section 15(1) of the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001(2), makes the following Order.

The bodies listed in the Schedule to this Order appear to the Department of Finance and Personnel (“the Department”)—

(a) to exercise functions of a public nature; or

(b) to be entirely or substantially funded from public money.

The Department intends the accounts under section 14 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (“the Act”) for the financial year ending with 31st March 2012 to relate in part to those bodies:

Title and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Whole of Government Accounts (Designation of Bodies) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 21st May 2012.

Designation of Bodies

2.  For the purposes of section 15 of the Act, the Department designates the bodies listed in the Schedule in respect of the financial year ending with 31st March 2012.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 23rd April 2012

Fiona Hamill

A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1 DESIGNATED BODIES FOR 2011/2012

• Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

• Antrim Borough Council

• Arc21 Joint Committee

• Ards Borough Council

• Armagh City and District Council

• Arts Council of Northern Ireland

• Ballymena Borough Council

• Ballymoney Borough Council

• Banbridge District Council

• Belfast City Council

• Belfast Education and Library Board

• Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

• Business Services Organisation

• Carrickfergus Borough Council

• Castlereagh Borough Council

• Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

• Coleraine Borough Council

• Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta

• Commission for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland

• Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland

• Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland

• Community Relations Council for Northern Ireland

• Construction Industry Training Board

• Cookstown District Council

• Council for Catholic Maintained Schools

• Craigavon Borough Council

• Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland

• Department for Employment and Learning

• Department for Regional Development

• Department for Social Development

• Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

• Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure

• Department of Education

• Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

• Department of Finance and Personnel

• Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

• Department of Justice

• Department of the Environment

• Derry City Council

• Down District Council

• Driver and Vehicle Agency (Trading Fund Element only)

• Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council

• Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland

• Equality Commission for Northern Ireland

• Fermanagh District Council

• General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland

• General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland

• Governors of the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium

• Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland

• Ilex Urban Regeneration Company Limited

• Invest Northern Ireland

• Labour Relations Agency

• Larne Borough Council

• Limavady Borough Council

• Lisburn City Council

• Livestock and Meat Commission

• Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland

• Magherafelt District Council

• Moyle District Council

• National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland

• Newry and Mourne District Council

• Newtownabbey Borough Council

• North Down Borough Council

• North Eastern Education and Library Board

• Northern Health and Social Care Trust

• Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care Trust

• Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation

• Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service (Special Agency)

• Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

• Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education

• Northern Ireland Events Company Limited

• Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service

• Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority

• Northern Ireland Guardian ad Litem Agency

• Northern Ireland Housing Executive

• Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission

• Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission

• Northern Ireland Library Authority

• Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee

• Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency

• Northern Ireland Memorial Fund

• Northern Ireland Museums Council

• Northern Ireland Police Fund

• Northern Ireland Policing Board

• Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery

• Northern Ireland Screen Commission

• Northern Ireland Social Care Council

• Northern Ireland Tourist Board

• Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company

• Northern Ireland Water Limited

• North West Regional Waste Management Group

• Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister

• Omagh District Council

• Patient and Client Council

• Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

• Police Service of Northern Ireland

• Probation Board for Northern Ireland

• Public Prosecution Service

• Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority

• Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross Foundation

• South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust

• South Eastern Education and Library Board

• Southern Education and Library Board

• Southern Health and Social Care Trust

• Southern Waste Management Partnership (SWaMP2008)

• Sports Council for Northern Ireland

• Staff Commission for Education and Library Boards

• Strabane District Council

• Strategic Investment Board Limited

• Ulster Supported Employment Limited

• Western Education and Library Board

• Western Health and Social Care Trust

• Youth Council for Northern Ireland

• 2013 World Police and Fire Games Limited

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates bodies, for the financial year ending with 31st March 2012, for the purposes of section 15 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001. The Department of Finance and Personnel (“the Department”) intends to pass the information provided by bodies designated in the Schedule to this Order to HM Treasury for use in the preparation of the Whole of Government Accounts (WGA). The designation enables the Department to require those bodies to provide financial information in relation to that year.

WGA are financial statements prepared on the basis of Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (GAAP) which will cover the whole of the public sector as far as practically possible.

(1)

See section 26(2) of the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (c.6) for the definition of “Department”

(2)

2001 (c.6)