11 December 2012
This section permits the Department of Finance and Personnel (DFP) to pay to HMRC such sums as DFP thinks fit towards any expenditure incurred by HMRC in connection with APD chargeable at the rate set, or proposed to be set, for the purposes of the statutory provisions referred to in section 1(1) of the Act. The section will enable payments to be made to HMRC for collecting information on behalf of the Department of Finance and Personnel, relevant administration costs incurred, functions related to the register of companies for Northern Ireland purposes and any other costs that HMRC may incur in connection the exercise of the devolved powers.