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1Issue of sum out of the Consolidated Fund for the year ending 31 March 2018 and appropriation of that sum

(1)The Department may issue out of the Consolidated Fund and apply to the service of the year ending 31 March 2018 the sum of £16,114,708,000.

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

(3)The authorisation and appropriations in this section supersede those made by section 1 of the Northern Ireland Budget Act 2017; and, in relation to any amount specified in column 2 of Schedule 1, any increase or decrease by virtue of this section in the amount appropriated is given in brackets after the amount.