(This note is not part of the Order.)
This Order brings into operation on 1st April 1991 the Financial Provisions (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 which contains miscellaneous financial provisions for:
a
part of the regional rate to be allocated to water and sewerage services without having been paid into the Consolidated Fund;
b
an increase in the statutory limit for government loans;
c
the rate of interest on government loans to be the rate in force on the day the application for the loan is received;
d
the repeal of the Loans Guarantee and Borrowing Regulation Act (Northern Ireland) 1946;
e
the Department of Agriculture to spend up to £25,000 on emergency works on watercourses without the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel; and
f
an alteration of the arrangements for funding the Sports Council.