Financial implications of the Act
- The Act has financial implications as set out in the following paragraphs.
- Section 35(1) is a Baldwin provision (see paragraph 294 above) which authorises expenditure arising out of any future relationship agreement (as defined in section 37(1)). This will cover, for example, expenditure resulting from the UK’s future participation in EU programmes under the agreements and expenses arising from the UK participating in the Partnership Council.
- Section 34 is another Baldwin provision authorising expenditure arising out of the PEACE PLUS programme. This expenditure does not arise from any future relationship agreement but is an EU programme to which the UK will continue to contribute. The PEACE PLUS programme follows on from the previous Peace programmes, which the UK has supported since the establishment of the Special EU Programme Body (SEUPB), a North South Implementation Body, under the 1999 North South Implementation Bodies Treaty between the Government of Ireland and the UK.
- In addition, expenditure is likely to arise out of the domestic implementation of the agreements by section 29 and under section 31. Expenditure will also arise by virtue of some of the subject-specific provisions in Parts 1 and 2 of the Act, for example in relation to criminal records, passenger name records and social security co-ordination
