(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order authorises the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland of further sums for the year ended on 31st March 1997 and the year ending on 31st March 1999 and appropriates those sums for specified services in Northern Ireland. It also authorises the application of certain sums as appropriations in aid for the year ending on 31st March 1999 and increases a sum authorised to be applied as an appropriation in aid for the year ended on 31st March 1997. In addition the Order repeals certain spent enactments.