
2024 No. 7
Government Resources And Accounts
The Government Resources and Accounts (Northern Ireland) Act 2001 (Estimates and Accounts) (Designation of Bodies) (Amendment) Order 2024
Made 17th January 2024
Coming into operation 8th February 2024

The Department of Finance , in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8A and 8B of the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 , makes the following Order.

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
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This Order may be cited as the Government Resources and Accounts (Northern Ireland) Act 2001 (Estimates and Accounts) (Designation of Bodies) (Amendment) Order 2024 and shall come into operation on 8th February 2024.
Amendments to the principal Order
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(1) The principal Order is amended as follows:
(2) For the Schedule (designated bodies) to the principal Order, substitute the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order, and
(3) In this Order, “the principal Order” means the Government Resources and Accounts (Northern Ireland) Act 2001 (Estimates and Accounts) (Designation of Bodies) Order 2023”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 17th January 2024
Barry Armstrong
A senior officer of the
Department of Finance

SCHEDULE
DESIGNATED BODIES FOR 2023-2024
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PART 1 Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

 Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
 Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland
 Loughs Agency of the Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission
 Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority

PART 2 Department for Communities

 Armagh Observatory and Planetarium
 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

PART 3 Department for the Economy

 Belfast Metropolitan College (BMC)
 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)

PART 4 Department of Education

 Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta
 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

PART 5 Department of Finance

 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)

PART 6 Department of Health

 Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
 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

PART 7 Department of Infrastructure

 Waterways Ireland

PART 8 Department of Justice

 Care Tribunal
 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)

PART 9 The Executive Office

 Attorney General for Northern Ireland (AGNI)
 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
