(1)The fund known as the social fund shall continue in being by that name.
(2)The social fund shall continue to be maintained under the control and management of the Department and payments out of it shall be made by the Department.
(3)The Department shall make payments into the social fund of such amounts, at such times and in such manner as the Department may with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel determine.
(4)Accounts of the social fund shall be prepared in such form, and in such manner and at such times, as the Department of Finance and Personnel may direct, and the Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland shall examine and certify every such account and shall lay copies of it, together with his report, before the Assembly.
(5)The Department shall prepare an annual report on the social fund.
(6)A copy of every such report shall be laid before the Assembly.