2026 No. 49
Government Resources And Accounts

The Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (Estimates and Accounts) (Designation of Bodies) Order 2026

Made
Coming into operation
The Department of Finance 1, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8A and 8B of the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 2, makes the following Order.

In accordance with section 8A(5) of the Act the Department of Finance have consulted, where they think it appropriate, with the Treasury.

Title and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (Estimates and Accounts) (Designation of Bodies) Order 2026 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2026.

Designation of Bodies2.

A body which is listed in a Part of the Schedule to this Order is a designated body for the purposes of sections 8A and 8B of the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001—

(a)

in relation to the department named in the heading to that Part, and

(b)

for the financial year which ends on 31st March 2027.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 11th March 2026

Jeff McGuinness
A senior officer of the
Department of Finance

SCHEDULE

Article 2

DESIGNATED BODIES FOR 2026-2027

PART 1Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

  • Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

  • Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland

  • Loughs Agency of the Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission

  • Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority

PART 2Department for Communities

  • Armagh Observatory and Planetarium

  • Arts Council of Northern Ireland

  • Charities Advisory Committee

  • Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

  • Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland

  • Historic Buildings Council

  • Historic Monuments Council

  • Local Government Boundaries Commission

  • Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland

  • Ministerial Advisory Group, Architecture and Built Environment for Northern Ireland

  • National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland (National Museums NI)

  • Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People

  • Northern Ireland Housing Executive

  • Northern Ireland Library Authority (Libraries NI)

  • Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee

  • Northern Ireland Museums Council

  • North/South Language Body

  • Office of the Discretionary Support Commissioner

  • Rent Assessment Panel

  • Sports Council for Northern Ireland (Sport NI)

  • Ulster Supported Employment Limited

PART 3Department for the Economy

  • Belfast Metropolitan College (BMC)

  • Construction Industry Training Board (CITBNI) (as established under the Industrial Training Act 1964)

  • General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland

  • Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland

  • The Trade and Business Development Body (trading as IntertradeIreland)

  • Invest Northern Ireland

  • Labour Relations Agency (LRA)

  • Northern Ireland Screen Commission

  • Northern Ireland Tourist Board (trading as Tourism Northern Ireland)

  • Northern Regional College (NRC)

  • North West Regional College (NWRC)

  • South Eastern Regional College (SERC)

  • Southern Regional College (SRC)

  • South West College (SWC)

  • Stranmillis University College

  • Tourism Ireland Company Limited by Guarantee (trading as Tourism Ireland)

PART 4Department of Education

  • Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta

  • Council for Catholic Maintained Schools

  • Education Authority

  • Exceptional Circumstances Body

  • General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland

  • Grant Maintained Integrated Schools

  • Middletown Centre for Autism

  • Middletown Centre for Autism (Holding) Ltd

  • Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education

  • Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

  • Voluntary Grammar Schools

  • Youth Council for Northern Ireland

PART 5Department of Finance

  • Civil Service Appeals Board (CSAB)

  • Legal Services Oversight Commissioner (LSOC)

  • Northern Ireland Building Regulations Advisory Committee (NIBRAC)

  • Northern Ireland Civil Service Pension Board (NICSPB)

  • Northern Ireland Fiscal Council

  • Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB)

  • Statistics Advisory Committee (SAC)

PART 6Department of Health

  • Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

  • Charitable trusts the trustees of which are the Health and Social Care Trusts (as established under the Health and Personal Social Services (NI) Order 1972)

  • Charitable trusts the trustees of which are the Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service (as established under the Health and Personal Social Services (NI) Order 1972)

  • Children’s Court Guardian Agency for Northern Ireland

  • Food Safety Promotion Board (known as safefood)

  • Health and Social Care Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority

  • Northern Health and Social Care Trust

  • Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care Trust

  • Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service

  • Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board

  • Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency

  • Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery

  • Northern Ireland Social Care Council

  • Patient and Client Council

  • Regional Business Services Organisation

  • South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust

  • Southern Health and Social Care Trust

  • The Institute of Public Health in Ireland CLG

  • Western Health and Social Care Trust

PART 7Department for Infrastructure

  • Waterways Ireland

PART 8Department of Justice

  • Care Tribunal for Northern Ireland

  • Commissioner for Hearings under Prison Rule 109B

  • Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel for Northern Ireland

  • Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJINI)

  • Forensic Science Northern Ireland (FSNI)

  • The Tribunal established under Schedule 11 to the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972

  • Independent Assessor of Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Recruitment Vetting

  • Independent Monitoring Board

  • Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland

  • Legal Services Agency Northern Ireland (LSANI)

  • Charity Tribunal for Northern Ireland

  • Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (NICTS)

  • Health and Safety Appeals Tribunal for Northern Ireland

  • Northern Ireland Judicial Pension Scheme

  • Northern Ireland Judicial Pension Board

  • Northern Ireland Judicial Pension Scheme Advisory Board

  • Northern Ireland Law Commission

  • Northern Ireland Police Fund (NIPF)

  • Northern Ireland Policing Board (NIPB)

  • Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS)

  • Northern Ireland Traffic Penalty Tribunal

  • Northern Ireland Valuation Tribunal

  • Parole Commissioners for Northern Ireland

  • Pension Appeals Commissioners (Northern Ireland)

  • Pensions Appeal Tribunal for Northern Ireland

  • Planning and Water Appeals Commissions (PACWAC)

  • Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

  • Police Rehabilitation and Retraining Trust (PRRT)

  • Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)

  • Prisoner Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

  • Probation Board for Northern Ireland (PBNI)

  • PSNI Police Pension

  • Review Tribunal for Northern Ireland

  • RUC George Cross Foundation

  • Social Security and Child Support Commissioners for Northern Ireland

  • Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal for Northern Ireland

  • State Pathologist’s Department

  • Youth Justice Agency (YJA)

PART 9The Executive Office

  • Attorney General for Northern Ireland (AGNI)

  • Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland (CPANI)

  • Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse (COSICA)

  • Commissioner for the Ulster Scots and the Ulster British Tradition

  • Commission for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland (CVS)

  • Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI)

  • Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Board

  • Maze/Long Kesh Development Corporation (MLKDC)

  • Northern Ireland Climate Commissioner

  • Northern Ireland Community Relations Council (NICRC)

  • Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission (NIJAC)

  • North-South Ministerial Council (NSMC)

  • Strategic Investment Board Limited (SIB)

  • The Irish Language Commissioner

  • The Office of Identity and Cultural Expression

  • Victims and Survivors Service Limited (VSS)

  • Victims’ Payment Board

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

This Order designates specified central government bodies in relation to named government departments for the purpose of those departments’ supply estimates and resource accounts.

The designations have effect for the financial year that ends on 31st March 2027.

An impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum is available alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.