1.—(1) The Department of Finance may issue out of the Consolidated Fund and apply to the service of the year ending 31 March 2021 the sum of £22,220,328,000.
(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 4 of the Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2020, section 1 of the Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2020 and section 1 of the Budget (No. 3) Act (Northern Ireland) 2020; and, in relation to any amount specified in column 2 of Schedule 1, any increase or decrease in the amount appropriated is given in brackets after the amount.