Part VI Financial Provisions

Miscellaneous

63 Financial acts of the Assembly.

(1)

The Assembly may not pass a vote, resolution or Act to which this subsection applies except in pursuance of a recommendation which—

(a)

is made by the Minister of Finance and Personnel; and

(b)

is signified to the Assembly by him or on his behalf.

(2)

Subsection (1) applies to a vote, resolution or Act which—

(a)

imposes or increases a charge on the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland;

(b)

appropriates a sum out of that Fund or increases a sum to be appropriated;

(c)

releases or compounds a debt owed to the Crown; or

(d)

imposes or increases a tax.

(3)

Standing orders shall provide that a vote, resolution or Act which—

(a)

appropriates a sum out of the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland or increases a sum to be appropriated; or

(b)

imposes or increases a tax,

shall not be passed without cross-community support.