2022 No. 220

Government Resources And Accounts

The Whole of Government Accounts (Designation of Bodies) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022

Made21st September 2022

Coming into operation13th October 2022

The Department of Finance 1, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 15(1) of the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 20012 (‘the Act’), makes the following Order.

The bodies listed in the Schedule to this Order appear to the Department of Finance (“the Department”) –

to exercise functions of a public nature; or

to be entirely or substantially funded from public money.

The Department intends the accounts under section 14 of the Act for the financial year ending with 31st March 2022 to relate in part to those bodies.

Title and commencementI11

This Order may be cited as the Whole of Government Accounts (Designation of Bodies) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 and shall come into operation on 13th October 2022.

Designation of BodiesI22

For the purposes of section 15 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001, the Department designates the bodies listed in the Schedule in respect of the financial year ending with 31st March 2022.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 21st September 2022.

Stuart StevensonA senior officer of the Department of Finance

I3SCHEDULEDESIGNATED BODIES FOR 2021-2022

Article 2

Annotations:

Commencement Information

Sch. in operation at 13.10.2022, see art. 1

I3Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

I3Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

I3Arc21 Joint Committee

I3Ards and North Down Borough Council

I3Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council

I3Arts Council of Northern Ireland

I3Belfast City Council

I3Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

I3Belfast Metropolitan College

I3Business Services Organisation

I3Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council

I3Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

I3Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta

I3Commission for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland

I3Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland

I3Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland

I3Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse

I3Construction Industry Training Board

I3Council for Catholic Maintained Schools

I3Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland

I3Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

I3Department for Communities

I3Department for the Economy

I3Department of Education

I3Department of Finance

I3Department of Health

I3Department for Infrastructure

I3Department of Justice

I3Derry City and Strabane District Council

I3Driver and Vehicle Agency

I3Education Authority

I3Equality Commission for Northern Ireland

I3Fermanagh and Omagh District Council

I3Forest Service

I3General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland

I3General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland

I3Governors of the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium

I3Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland

I3Health and Social Care Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority

I3Invest Northern Ireland

I3Labour Relations Agency

I3Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council

I3Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland

I3Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland

I3Maze/Long Kesh Development Corporation

I3Mid and East Antrim Borough Council

I3Mid Ulster District Council

I3National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland

I3Newry, Mourne and Down District Council

I3Northern Health and Social Care Trust

I3Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care Trust

I3Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation

I3Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service (Special Agency)

I3Northern Ireland Community Relations Council

I3Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

I3Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education

I3Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service

I3Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority

I3Northern Ireland Guardian ad Litem Agency

I3Northern Ireland Housing Executive

I3Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission

I3Northern Ireland Library Authority

I3Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee

I3Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency

I3Northern Ireland Museums Council

I3Northern Ireland Police Fund

I3Northern Ireland Policing Board

I3Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery

I3Northern Ireland Screen Commission

I3Northern Ireland Social Care Council

I3Northern Ireland Tourist Board

I3Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company

I3Northern Ireland Water Limited

I3Northern Regional College

I3North West Regional College

I3North West Regional Waste Management Group

I3Patient and Client Council

I3Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

I3Police Rehabilitation and Retraining Trust

I3Police Service of Northern Ireland

I3Probation Board for Northern Ireland

I3Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland

I3Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross Foundation

I3South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust

I3South Eastern Regional College

I3Southern Health and Social Care Trust

I3Southern Regional College

I3South West College

I3Sports Council for Northern Ireland

I3Stranmillis University College

I3Strategic Investment Board Limited

I3The Executive Office

I3Ulster Supported Employment Limited

I3Victims and Survivors Service Limited

I3Western Health and Social Care Trust

I3Youth 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 2022, for the purposes of section 15 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001. The Department of Finance (“the Department”) intends to pass the information provided by bodies so 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 the year in question. The bodies designated include the District Councils for the 11 Local Government Districts established pursuant to the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

WGA are financial statements prepared on the basis of Generally Accepted Accounting Practice which will cover the whole of the public sector as far as practically possible.