Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2014 No. 305 (C. 17)
Financial Provisions
The Financial Provisions (2014 Act) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014
Made 10th December 2014

The Department of Finance and Personnel makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 13(4) of the Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014.
2014 c.6 (N.I.)

Citation and interpretation
1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Financial Provisions (2014 Act) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014.
(2) In this Order “the 2014 Act” means the Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014.

Appointed days
2. (1) The day appointed for the coming into operation of section 5 (power of the Department of Finance and Personnel to require information) of the 2014 Act is the day after the day on which this Order is made.
(2) The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the 2014 Act listed in the Schedule is 1st April 2015.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 10th December 2014
(L.S.)
Brian McClure
A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel

SCHEDULE Provisions of the 2014 Act coming into operation on 1st April 2015
Article 2(2)
Section	Title
Section 3	Rating of owners instead of occupiers in certain cases
Section 4	Repeal of Articles 23 and 24 of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977
Section 6	Discount on rates on dwellings

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into operation provisions of the Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) which amend the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/2157 (N.I. 28).
Article 2(1) brings section 5 of the 2014 Act into operation on the day after the day on which this Order is made.
Article 2(2) and the Schedule bring sections 3, 4, and 6 of the 2014 Act into operation on 1st April 2015.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provision of the Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 has been brought into operation by a commencement order made before the date of this Order—
Provision	Date of Commencement	S.R. No.
Section 10	4th June 2014	S.R. 2014 No. 55 (C. 9)