The Government Resources and Accounts (Northern Ireland) Act 2001 (Estimates and Accounts) (Designation of Bodies) Order 2023

Made: 28th March 2023

Coming into operation: 19th April 2023

In accordance with section 8A(5) of the Act the Department of Finance have consulted, where they think it appropriate, with the Treasury.

Title and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Government Resources and Accounts (Northern Ireland) Act 2001 (Estimates and Accounts) (Designation of Bodies) Order 2023 and shall come into operation on 19th April 2023.

Designation of Bodies

2

A body which is listed in a Part of the Schedule to this Order is a designated body for the purposes of sections 8A and 8B of the Government Resources and Accounts (Northern Ireland) Act 2001—

• (a) in relation to the department named in the heading to that Part, and

• (b) for the financial year which ends on 31st March 2024.

SCHEDULE — DESIGNATED BODIES FOR 2023-2024

PART 1 — Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

PART 2 — Department for Communities

Armagh Observatory and Planetarium

PART 3 — Department for the Economy

Belfast Metropolitan College (BMC)

PART 4 — Department of Education

Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta

PART 5 — Department of Finance

Building Safety Expert Panel

PART 6 — Department of Health

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

PART 7 — Department of Infrastructure

Waterways Ireland

PART 8 — Department of Justice

Care Tribunal

PART 9 — The Executive Office

Attorney General for Northern Ireland (AGNI)

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 28th March 2023

Barry Armstrong — A senior officer of the — Department of Finance

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order designates specified central government bodies in relation to named government departments for the purpose of those departments’ supply estimates and resource accounts.

The designations have effect for the financial year that ends on 31st March 2024.

An impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum is available alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: Formerly the Department of Finance and Personnel renamed the Department of Finance by section 1(4) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (NI))

Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland

Loughs Agency of the Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission

Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority

Arts Council of Northern Ireland

Charities Advisory Committee

Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland

Historic Buildings Council

Historic Monuments Council

Local Government Boundaries Commission

Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland

Ministerial Advisory Group, Architecture and Built Environment for Northern Ireland

National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland (National Museums NI)

Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People

Northern Ireland Housing Executive

Northern Ireland Library Authority (Libraries NI)

Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee

Northern Ireland Museums Council

North/South Language Body

Office of the Discretionary Support Commissioner

Rent Assessment Panel

Sports Council for Northern Ireland (Sport NI)

Ulster Supported Employment Limited

Construction Industry Training Board (CITB)

General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland

Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland

The Trade and Business Development Body (trading as IntertradeIreland)

Invest Northern Ireland

Labour Relations Agency (LRA)

Northern Ireland Screen Commission

Northern Ireland Tourist Board (trading as Tourism Northern Ireland)

Northern Regional College (NRC)

North West Regional College (NWRC)

South Eastern Regional College (SERC)

Southern Regional College (SRC)

South West College (SWC)

Stranmillis University College

Tourism Ireland Company Limited by Guarantee (trading as Tourism Ireland)

Council for Catholic Maintained Schools

Education Authority

Exceptional Circumstances Body

General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland

Grant Maintained Integrated Schools

Middletown Centre for Autism

Middletown Centre for Autism (Holding) Ltd

Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education

Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

Voluntary Grammar Schools

Youth Council for Northern Ireland

Civil Service Appeals Board (CSAB)

Legal Services Oversight Commissioner (LSOC)

Northern Ireland Building Regulations Advisory Committee (NIBRAC)

Northern Ireland Civil Service Pension Board (NICSPB)

Northern Ireland Fiscal Council

Procurement Board

Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB)

Statistics Advisory Committee (SAC)

Charitable trusts the trustees of which are the Health and Social Care Trusts (as established under the Health and Personal Social Services (NI) Order 1972)

Charitable trusts the trustees of which are the Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service (as established under the Health and Personal Social Services (NI) Order 1972)

Children’s Court Guardian Agency for Northern Ireland

Food Safety Promotion Board (known as safefood)

Health and Social Care Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority

Northern Health and Social Care Trust

Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care Trust

Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service

Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board

Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency

Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery

Northern Ireland Social Care Council

Patient and Client Council

Regional Business Services Organisation

South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust

Southern Health and Social Care Trust

The Institute of Public Health in Ireland CLG

Western Health and Social Care Trust

Commissioner for Hearings under Prison Rule 109B

Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel for Northern Ireland

Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJINI)

Forensic Science Northern Ireland (FSNI)

Health and Personal Social Services Disqualification Tribunal

Independent Assessor of Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Recruitment Vetting

Independent Monitoring Board

Lands Tribunal

Legal Services Agency Northern Ireland (LSANI)

Northern Ireland Charity Tribunal

Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (NICTS)

Northern Ireland Health and Safety Tribunal

Northern Ireland Judicial Pension Board

Northern Ireland Judicial Pension Scheme

Northern Ireland Judicial Pension Scheme Advisory Board

Northern Ireland Law Commission

Northern Ireland Police Fund (NIPF)

Northern Ireland Policing Board (NIPB)

Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS)

Northern Ireland Traffic Penalty Tribunal

Northern Ireland Valuation Tribunal

Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (OPONI)

Parole Commissioners Secretariat

Pensions Appeal Commissioners

Pensions Appeal Tribunal

Planning and Water Appeals Commissions (PACWAC)

Police Rehabilitation and Retraining Trust (PRRT)

Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)

Prisoner Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

Probation Board for Northern Ireland (PBNI)

PSNI Police Pension

Review Tribunal

RUC George Cross Foundation

Social Security and Child Support Commissioners

Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal

State Pathologist’s Department

Youth Justice Agency (YJA)

Commission for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland (CVS)

Commissioner for Public Bodies (CPANI)

Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse

Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI)

Maze/Long Kesh Development Corporation (MLKDC)

Northern Ireland Community Relations Council (CRCNI)

Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission (NIJAC)

North-South Ministerial Council (NSMC)

Strategic Investment Board Limited (SIB)

The Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Board

Victims and Survivors Service Limited (VSS)

Victims Payment Board

Editorial notes

[^key-34c21e8a4341d28da76a245b833383ae]: Art. 1 in operation at 19.4.2023, see art. 1

[^key-2b4bb8414998dfd6f85cb982ff3df06b]: Art. 2 in operation at 19.4.2023, see art. 1