2009 No. 174
Government Resources And Accounts
The Whole of Government Accounts (Designation of Bodies) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009
Made 24th April 2009
Coming into operation 18th May 2009

The Department of Finance and Personnel , in exercise of the powers conferred by section 15(1) of the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001, makes the following Order.
See section 26(2) of the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (c.6) for the definition of “Department”
2001 (c.6)
The bodies listed in the Schedule to this Order appear to the Department of Finance and Personnel (“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 Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (“the Act”) for the financial year ending with 31st March 2009 to relate in part to those bodies:

1 Title and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Whole of Government Accounts (Designation of Bodies) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009 and shall come into operation on 18th May 2009.

2 Designation of Bodies
For the purposes of section 15 of the Act, the Department designates the bodies listed in the Schedule in respect of the financial year ending with 31st March 2009.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 24th April 2009
David Thomson A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel

SCHEDULE 1 DESIGNATED BODIES FOR 2008/2009
Article 2
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
Air Route Development (Northern Ireland) Limited
Antrim Borough Council
Arc21 Joint Committee
Ards Borough Council
Armagh City and District Council
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Ballymena Borough Council
Ballymoney Borough Council
Banbridge District Council
Belfast City Council
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Belfast Education and Library Board
Carrickfergus Borough Council
Castlereagh Borough Council
Coleraine Borough Council
Commission for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland
Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland
Community Relations Council for Northern Ireland
Construction Industry Training Board
Cookstown District Council
Council for Catholic Maintained Schools
Craigavon Borough Council
Department for Employment and Learning
Department for Regional Development
Department for Social Development
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure
Department of Education
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
Department of Finance and Personnel
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
Department of the Environment
Derry City Council
Down District Council
Driver and Vehicle Agency (Trading Fund Element only)
Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council
Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland
Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
Fermanagh District Council
Fisheries Conservancy Board
General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland
Governors of the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium
Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland
Health Promotion Agency for Northern Ireland
Ilex Urban Regeneration Company Limited
Invest Northern Ireland
Labour Relations Agency
Larne Borough Council
Limavady Borough Council
Lisburn City Council
Livestock and Meat Commission
Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland
Magherafelt District Council
Mental Health Commission for Northern Ireland
Moyle District Council
National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland
Newry and Mourne District Council
Newtownabbey Borough Council
North Down Borough Council
North Eastern Education and Library Board
Northern Health and Social Services Trust
Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Services Trust
Northern Ireland Authority for Energy Regulation
Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service (Special Agency)
Northern Ireland Central Services Agency for the Health and Social Services
Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment
Northern Ireland Events Company Limited
Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service
Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority
Northern Ireland Guardian ad Litem Agency
Northern Ireland Health and Personal Social Services Regulation and Improvement Authority
Northern Ireland Housing Executive
Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee
Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency
Northern Ireland Museums Council
Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery
Northern Ireland Regional Medical Physics Agency
Northern Ireland Screen Commission Limited
Northern Ireland Social Care Council
Northern Ireland Tourist Board
Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company
Northern Ireland Water Limited
Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister
Omagh District Council
South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
South Eastern Education and Library Board
Southern Education and Library Board
Southern Health and Social Care Trust
Sports Council for Northern Ireland
Staff Commission for Education and Library Boards
Strabane District Council
Strategic Investment Board Limited
Ulster Supported Employment Limited
Western Education and Library Board
Western Health and Social Care Trust
Youth Council for Northern Ireland

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order designates bodies, for the financial year ending with 31st March 2009, for the purposes of section 15 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001. The Department of Finance and Personnel (“the Department”) intends to pass the information provided by bodies 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 that year.
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.