Introductory Text
PART 1 FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION
General
1.Duty to make arrangements
2.Accounting practices
Annual budget
3.Annual budget
4.Report by chief financial officer on estimates
5.In-year review
Reserves
6.Reserves - general
7.Controlled reserves
Funds
8.The general fund
9.Power to establish other funds
10.Limitation on application of funds
Borrowing
11.Power to borrow
12.Control of borrowing
13.Duty to determine affordable borrowing limit
14.Imposition of borrowing limits
15.Temporary borrowing
16.Protection of lenders
Credit arrangements
17.“Credit arrangements”
18.Control of credit arrangements
Capital expenditure
19.“Capital expenditure”
Capital receipts
20.“Capital receipt”
21.Non-money receipts
22.Use of capital receipts
Investment
23.Power to invest
Miscellaneous
24.Security for money borrowed, etc.
25.Guidance
PART 2 GRANTS TO COUNCILS
26.De-rating grant
27.Rates support grant
28.Reductions in grants under section 26 or 27
29.Other grants to councils
30.Payments due by councils to departments, etc.
PART 3 PAYMENTS TO COUNCILLORS, ETC.
31.Allowances, etc. for councillors
32.Allowances for chairperson and vice-chairperson
33.Expenses of official and courtesy visits, etc.
34.Expenses incurred in attending conferences and meetings
35.Panel to advise on payments to councillors
36.Interpretation
PART 4 MISCELLANEOUS POWERS TO MAKE PAYMENTS
Payments for special purposes
37.Payments for special purposes
38.Restrictions on power to make payments under section 37
Public appeals
39.Public appeals
Limit on expenditure under sections 37 and 39
40.Limit on expenditure under sections 37 and 39
Subscriptions
41.Subscriptions to certain local government associations and other bodies
PART 5 SUPPLEMENTARY
42.General interpretation
43.Regulations and orders
44.Consultation on regulations, orders and guidance
45.Minor and consequential amendments
46.Repeals
47.Commencement
48.Short title
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (c. 9)
1.In section 9 (vacation of office on account of non-attendance),...
2.In section 96 (acquisition, etc., of land), in subsection (4)...
3.In section 115D (sections 115A to 115C: supplementary provisions), in...
4.In Schedule 3 (The Staff Commission), in paragraph 2A for...
5.In Schedule 7 (provisions applied to joint committees) the entries...
The Deregulation and Contracting Out (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (NI 11)
6.In Schedule 4 (restrictions on disclosure of information), in the...
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 7)
7.In section 17 (power to modify existing legislation), in subsection...
SCHEDULE 2
REPEALS