Section 2: Use of resources (other than accruing resources) in the year ending 31 March 2021
Sub-section (1) authorises the use of resources amounting to £25,124,542,000 for 2020-2021.
Sub-section (2) authorises that sum for the purposes specified in column 1 of Schedule 2.
Sub-section (3) specifies the departments and other bodies to which these authorisations apply.
Sub-section (4) provides authority for the resource limits set by the Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2020, the Budget (No.2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2020 and the Budget (No.3) Act (Northern Ireland) 2020 to be superseded by the amounts specified in column 2 of Schedule 2 to the Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2021.