Money and property

I147Payment out of Consolidated Fund

1

This section applies if the Treasury think that the funds available to the Commissioners may be insufficient to make, under or by virtue of an enactment—

a

a payment into the National Insurance Fund,

b

a payment into the Northern Ireland National Insurance Fund,

c

a payment of a kind specified in section 44(2)(c) to (g), or

d

a disbursement of a kind specified in section 44(3).

2

Where this section applies the Treasury may pay money to the Commissioners out of the Consolidated Fund to enable them to make a payment or disbursement.

3

This section applies whether or not the reason for a deficiency is or may be that an amount has been paid or retained on the basis of an estimate that has proved or may prove to be inaccurate.