This bill authorises spending of £26.7bn for Northern Ireland public services in 2022-23 and £17.4bn for 2023-24, replacing normal Assembly budget procedures due to the absence of a functioning Executive.
A Bill to authorise the use for the public service of certain resources for the years ending 31 March 2023 and 2024 (including, for the year ending 31 March 2023, income); to authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland of certain sums for the service of those years; to authorise the use of those sums for specified purposes; to authorise the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland to borrow on the credit of those sums; and to repeal provisions superseded by this Act.
Status: Act of Parliament
Current House: Unassigned
Stage: Royal Assent
Sponsored by: Chris Heaton-Harris, Lord Caine
Introduced: 2023-01-12
Royal Assent: 2023-02-08