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GOVERNMENT RESOURCES AND ACCOUNTS BILL

TO BE MOVED AT FURTHER CONSIDERATION STAGE ON TUESDAY 20 FEBRUARY 2001

Amendments given up to and including Thursday 15 February 2001

The Bill will be considered in the Following order-
Clauses 1-5, New Clauses, Clauses 6-27 Schedules and Long Title

Amendment 1 [Made]

Clause 2, Page 2, Line 8

leave out subsection (4)

Minister, Department of Finance and Personnel

Amendment 2 [Made]

Clause 3, Page 2, Line 28

leave out 'subsection' and insert 'section'

Minister, Department of Finance and Personnel

Amendment 3 [Made]

Clause 4, Page 3, Line 4

leave out subsection (4)

Minister, Department of Finance and Personnel

Amendment 4 [Made]

Clause 4, Page 3, Line 10

leave out 'service on account of which' and insert 'Northern Ireland department or other body to which or person to whom'

Minister, Department of Finance and Personnel

Amendment 5 [Made]

Clause 4, Page 3, Line 12

leave out 'subsection' and insert 'section'

Minister, Department of Finance and Personnel

Amendment 6 [Made]

Clause 5, Page 3, Line 22

leave out 'an Appropriation' and insert 'a Budget'

Minister, Department of Finance and Personnel

Amendment 7 [Made]

New Clause

After clause 5 insert—

'Use of resources

.— (1) The use of resources by—

(a) a Northern Ireland department, and

(b) any relevant body or person,

for any purpose in any financial year must be authorised for that year by Budget Act or under section 6 and must not exceed any amount so authorised in relation to that purpose.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the use of resources for services which are under any statutory provision payable out of —

(a) the Consolidated Fund;

(b) the Northern Ireland National Insurance Fund; or

(c) any other fund established under a statutory provision.

(3) Subsection (1) is subject to section (Use of resources without Budget Act)

(4) A body or person is a relevant body or person for the purposes of this section and section 6 if an estimate is approved by the Assembly for that body or person in respect of each financial year.'

Minister, Department of Finance and Personnel

Amendment 8 [Made]

New Clause

After clause 5 insert—

'Use of resources without Budget Act

.— (1) If a Budget Act is not passed at least three working days before the end of a financial year ("year 1") authorising the use of resources mentioned in section (Use of resources) (1) for the service of the next financial year ("year 2"), the authorised officer of the Department may, subject to any Budget Act subsequently passed, authorise the use of resources for the service of year 2 for such purposes and up to such amounts as he may direct.

(2) The aggregate of the amounts authorised under subsection (1) for the service of year 2 shall not exceed 75 per cent of the total amount of resources authorised by Budget Act for the service of year 1.

(3) If a Budget Act is not passed before the end of July in any financial year authorising the use of resources mentioned in section (Use of resources) (1) for the service of the year, the authorised officer of the Department may, subject to any Budget Act subsequently passed, authorise the use of resources for the service of the year for such purposes and up to such amounts as he may direct.

(4) The aggregate of the amounts authorised under subsection (3) and (where applicable) the amounts authorised under subsection (1) for the service of any financial year shall not exceed 95 per cent of the total amount of resources authorised by Budget Act for the service of the preceding financial year.

(5) In this section "authorised officer", in relation to the Department, means the Permanent Secretary or such other officer as may be nominated by him for the purpose.'

Minister, Department of Finance and Personnel

Amendment 9 [Made]

Clause 6, Page 3, Line 30

leave out from 'an Appropriation' to end of line 33 and insert 'a Budget Act, direct that resources accruing to a department or a relevant body or person ("accruing resources") may be used for any purpose in any financial year in addition to resources authorised by Budget Act to be used for that purpose in that year.'

Minister, Department of Finance and Personnel

Amendment 10 [Made]

Clause 6, Page 3, Line 38

leave out 'appropriation in aid' and insert 'a use of accruing resources'

Minister, Department of Finance and Personnel

Amendment 11 [Made]

Clause 6, Page 3, Line 41

leave out 'appropriation in aid' and insert 'use of accruing resources'

Minister, Department of Finance and Personnel

Amendment 12 [Made]

Clause 6, Page 4, Line 1

leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert—

'(a) the money may be used in accordance with the Department's direction, and

(b) in so far as not so used, it shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.'

Minister, Department of Finance and Personnel

Amendment 13 [Made]

Clause 6, Page 4, Line 6

leave out 'appropriation in aid' and insert 'use of accruing resources'

Minister, Department of Finance and Personnel

Amendment 14 [Made]

Clause 6, Page 4, Line 7

leave out 'Appropriation' and insert 'Budget'

Minister, Department of Finance and Personnel

Amendment 15 [Made]

Clause 18, Page 9, Line 27

leave out 'take full' and insert 'consult with and take'

Mr James Leslie

Amendment 16 [Made]

Clause 20, Page 11, Line 2

leave out 'at any reasonable time'

Chair, Statutory Committee of Finance and Personnel

Amendment 17 [Negatived on division]

Clause 20, Page 11, Line 25

after 'nature' insert ', has received significant public funds,'

Mr Nigel Dodds

Amendment 18 [Made]

Schedule 1, Page 15, Line 2

leave out 'an Appropriation' and insert 'a Budget'

Minister, Department of Finance and Personnel