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  1. Introductory Text

  2. The Consolidated Fund

    1. 1.The Consolidated Fund Account

    2. 2.The Consolidated Fund

    3. 3.Payment out of Consolidated Fund: standing services

    4. 4.Payment out of Consolidated Fund: sums authorised by Act of the Assembly

  3. Supply

    1. 5.Application of sums issued

    2. 6.Use of resources

    3. 7.Use of resources without Budget Act

    4. 8.Use of accruing resources

  4. Departmental accounts

    1. 9.Resource accounts: preparation

    2. 10.Resource accounts: scrutiny

    3. 11.Other departmental accounts

    4. 12.Comptroller and Auditor General: access to information

    5. 13.Resource accounts: non-departmental bodies and other persons

  5. Whole of government accounts

    1. 14.Preparation

    2. 15.Obtaining information

    3. 16.Scrutiny

  6. Miscellaneous

    1. 17.Supplies by departments

    2. 18.Alteration of timetables for accounts

    3. 19.Directions of the Department

    4. 20.Advisory Group

    5. 21.Examinations by Comptroller and Auditor General

    6. 22.Inspections by Comptroller and Auditor General

    7. 23.Economy, efficiency and effectiveness examinations by Comptroller and Auditor General

    8. 24.Reports of Comptroller and Auditor General

    9. 25.Public bank accounts

  7. General

    1. 26.Interpretation

    2. 27.Amendments and repeals

    3. 28.Commencement

    4. 29.Short title

  8. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

      1. The Exchequer and Audit Act (Northern Ireland) 1921 (c. 2)

        1. 1.(1) Section 19 (examination of accounts of receipts of revenue)...

      2. The Exchequer and Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 (c. 3)

        1. 2.(1) In section 1(1)— (a) in paragraph (a) for “Exchequer”...

      3. The Audit (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (NI 5)

        1. 3.(1) In Article 6 (appropriation accounts)— (a) in paragraph (2),...

      4. The Financial Provisions (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (NI 5)

        1. 4.For Article 8(9) (management and accounting) there shall be substituted—...

      5. The Deregulation and Contracting Out (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (NI 11)

        1. 5.In paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 4 (restrictions on disclosure of...

      6. The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47)

        1. 6.In section 65(4) for “Exchequer and Audit Act (Northern Ireland)...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      REPEALS