Part V NSMC, BIC, BIIC etc.

55 Implementation bodies.

1

The Secretary of State may make an order about any body—

a

which he considers to be an implementation body; and

b

which is, or is to be, established on or before the appointed day.

2

An order under this section may make any such provision as may be made (after the appointed day) by Act of the Assembly and may in particular—

a

confer on the body the legal capacities of a body corporate;

C1b

confer on the body any function which the Secretary of State considers necessary or expedient for the purpose for which it is, or is to be, established;

c

confer on a Northern Ireland department power to make grants to the body out of money appropriated by Act of the Assembly;

d

make provision as to the accounting and audit arrangements which are to apply in relation to the body; and

e

make consequential or supplementary provisions, including provisions amending or repealing any Northern Ireland legislation, or any instrument made under such legislation.

3

In this section “implementation body” means a body for implementing, on the basis mentioned in paragraph 11 of Strand Two of the Belfast Agreement, policies agreed in the North-South Ministerial Council.