The Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Prescribed Documents) Order 2002

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 3126

NORTHERN IRELAND

The Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Prescribed Documents) Order 2002

Made

17th December 2002

Laid before Parliament

18th December 2002

Coming into force

9th January 2003

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by paragraph 12(4) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000(1), hereby makes the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Prescribed Documents) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 9th January 2003.

2.  –

(1) The accounts, reports and other documents referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3) below are hereby prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 12(4) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000.

(2) Accounts and reports required to be laid before (or presented or made to) the Northern Ireland Assembly under:

(a) sections 10(4), 11(3)(c) or 16(4) of the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001(2);

(b) Article 90(2)(c) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972(3); or

(c) section 2(2) of the Exchequer and Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 1950(4); and

(3) Reports under Article 11 of the Audit (Northern Ireland) Order 1987(5).

Paul Murphy

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Northern Ireland Office

17th December 2002

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order prescribes accounts, reports and other documents for the purpose of paragraph 12(4) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (c. 1). The documents concerned are documents which would be laid, presented or made to the Northern Ireland Assembly, were it not currently suspended under section 1 of the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (brought into force on 15th October 2002 by S.I. 2002/2574). The effect of prescribing the documents in this Order is that, while the Assembly is suspended, the documents must instead be laid before each House of Parliament.

(1)

2000 c. 1

(2)

2001 c. 6 (N.I.)

(3)

S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14)

(4)

1950 c. 3 (N.I.)

(5)

S.I. 1987/460 (N.I. 5)