Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Government Resources And Accounts
Made
21st June 2018
Coming into operation
16th July 2018
The Department of Finance (1), in exercise of the powers conferred by section 15(1) of the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001(2) (‘the Act’), makes the following Order.
The bodies listed in the Schedule to this Order appear to the Department of Finance (“the Department”)—
(a)to exercise functions of a public nature; or
(b)to be entirely or substantially funded from public money.
The Department intends the accounts under section 14 of the Act for the financial year ending with 31st March 2018 to relate in part to those bodies.
1. This Order may be cited as the Whole of Government Accounts (Designation of Bodies) (No.2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2018 and shall come into operation on 16th July 2018.
2. For the purposes of section 15 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001, the Department designates the bodies listed in the Schedule in respect of the financial year ending with 31st March 2018.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 21st June 2018.
Stuart Stevenson
A senior officer of the Department of Finance
Article 2
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
Arc21 Joint Committee
Ards and North Down Borough Council
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Belfast City Council
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Belfast Metropolitan College
Business Services Organisation
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta
Commission for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland
Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland
Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland
Construction Industry Training Board
Council for Catholic Maintained Schools
Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Department for Communities
Department for the Economy
Department of Education
Department of Finance
Department of Health
Department for Infrastructure
Department of Justice
Derry City and Strabane District Council
Driver and Vehicle Agency
Education Authority
Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland
General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland
Governors of the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium
Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland
Health and Social Care Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority
Ilex Urban Regeneration Company Limited
Invest Northern Ireland
Labour Relations Agency
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland
Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland
Maze/Long Kesh Development Corporation
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
Mid Ulster District Council
National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Northern Health and Social Care Trust
Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care Trust
Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation
Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service (Special Agency)
Northern Ireland Community Relations Council
Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment
Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education
Northern Ireland Events Company Limited
Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service
Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority
Northern Ireland Guardian ad Litem Agency
Northern Ireland Housing Executive
Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission
Northern Ireland Library Authority
Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee
Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency
Northern Ireland Museums Council
Northern Ireland Police Fund
Northern Ireland Policing Board
Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery
Northern Ireland Screen Commission
Northern Ireland Social Care Council
Northern Ireland Tourist Board
Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company
Northern Ireland Water Limited
Northern Regional College
North West Regional College
North West Regional Waste Management Group
Patient and Client Council
Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
Police Rehabilitation and Retraining Trust
Police Service of Northern Ireland
Probation Board for Northern Ireland
Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland
Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross Foundation
South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
South Eastern Regional College
Southern Health and Social Care Trust
Southern Regional College
South West College
Sports Council for Northern Ireland
Stranmillis University College
Strategic Investment Board Limited
The Executive Office
Ulster Supported Employment Limited
Victims and Survivors Service Limited
Western Health and Social Care Trust
Youth Council for Northern Ireland
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order designates bodies, for the financial year ending with 31st March 2018, for the purposes of section 15 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001. The Department of Finance (“the Department”) intends to pass the information provided by bodies so designated in the Schedule to this Order to HM Treasury for use in the preparation of the Whole of Government Accounts (WGA). The designation enables the Department to require those bodies to provide financial information in relation to the year in question. The bodies designated include the District Councils for the 11 Local Government Districts established pursuant to the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.
WGA are financial statements prepared on the basis of Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (GAAP) which will cover the whole of the public sector as far as practically possible.
Formerly the Department of Finance and Personnel renamed the Department of Finance by section 1(4) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.))