The Whole of Government Accounts (Designation of Bodies) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006

Made: 22nd May 2006

Coming into operation: 14th June 2006

Accordingly the Department makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 15(1) of the Act.

Title and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Whole of Government Accounts (Designation of Bodies) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 and shall come into operation on 14th June 2006.

Designation

2

For the purposes of section 15 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001, the Department hereby designates the bodies listed in the Schedule in respect of the financial year ending with 31st March 2006.

SCHEDULE — DESIGNATED BODIES FOR 2005/06

Part1 — Bodies for Central Government Accounts

• Agricultural Research Institute for Northern Ireland

• Air Route Development (Northern Ireland) Limited

• Arts Council of Northern Ireland

• Belfast Education and Library Board

• Construction Industry Training Board

• Council for Catholic Maintained Schools

• Department for Employment and Learning

• Department for Regional Development

• Department for Social Development

• Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

• Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure

• Department of Education

• Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

• Department of Finance and Personnel

• Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

• Department of the Environment

• Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland

• Enterprise Ulster

• Fire Authority for Northern Ireland

• Fisheries Conservancy Board

• General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland

• Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland

• Ilex Urban Regeneration Company Limited

• Invest Northern Ireland

• Labour Relations Agency

• Laganside Corporation

• Livestock and Meat Commission

• Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland

• Mental Health Commission for Northern Ireland

• National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland

• North Eastern Education and Library Board

• Northern Ireland Authority for Energy Regulation

• Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service (Special Agency)

• Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

• Northern Ireland Events Company

• Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority

• Northern Ireland Guardian ad Litem Agency

• Northern Ireland Health Promotion Agency

• Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency

• Northern Ireland Museums Council

• Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery

• Northern Ireland Regional Medical Physics Agency

• Northern Ireland Social Care Council

• Northern Ireland Tourist Board

• Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister

• Rural Development Council

• South Eastern Education and Library Board

• Southern Education and Library Board

• Sports Council for Northern Ireland

• Staff Commission for Education and Library Boards

• Strategic Investment Board Limited

• The Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland

• The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland

• The Governors of the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium

• Ulster Supported Employment Limited

• Western Education and Library Board

• Youth Council for Northern Ireland

Part 2 — Additional bodies for Whole of Government Accounts

• Antrim Borough Council

• Ards Borough Council

• Armagh City and District Council

• Ballymena Borough Council

• Ballymoney Borough Council

• Banbridge District Council

• Belfast City Council

• Carrickfergus Borough Council

• Castlereagh Borough Council

• Coleraine Borough Council

• Cookstown District Council

• Craigavon Borough Council

• Derry City Council

• Down District Council

• Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council

• Fermanagh District Council

• Larne Borough Council

• Limavady Borough Council

• Lisburn City Council

• Magherafelt District Council

• Moyle District Council

• Newry and Mourne District Council

• Newtownabbey Borough Council

• North Down Borough Council

• Omagh District Council

• Strabane District Council

• Altnagelvin Hospitals Health and Social Services Trust

• Armagh and Dungannon Health and Social Services Trust

• Belfast City Hospital Health and Social Services Trust

• Causeway Health and Social Services Trust

• Craigavon Area Hospital Group Health and Social Services Trust

• Craigavon and Banbridge Community Health and Social Services Trust

• Down Lisburn Health and Social Services Trust

• Foyle Health and Social Services Trust

• Green Park Health and Social Services Trust

• Homefirst Community Health and Social Services Trust

• Mater Infirmorum Hospital Health and Social Services Trust

• Newry and Mourne Health and Social Services Trust

• North and West Belfast Health and Social Services Trust

• Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Services Trust

• Northern Ireland Central Services Agency for the Health and Social Services

• Health and Social Care Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority

• Royal Group of Hospitals and Dental Hospital Health and Social Services Trust

• South and East Belfast Health and Social Services Trust

• Sperrin Lakeland Health and Social Services Trust

• Ulster Community and Hospitals Health and Social Services Trust

• United Hospitals Health and Social Services Trust

• Driver and Vehicle Testing Agency

• Northern Ireland Housing Executive

• Northern Ireland Local Government Officers 213 Superannuation Committee

• Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 22nd May 2006.

David Thomson — A Senior Officer of the — Department of Finance and Personnel

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates bodies, for the financial year ending with 31st March 2006, for the purposes of section 15 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001. The Department of Finance and Personnel (DFP) intend to pass the information provided by bodies designated in Part 1 of the Schedule to this Order to HM Treasury for use in the preparation of published Central Government Accounts (CGA) at United Kingdom level for that year. The designation enables DFP to require those bodies to provide financial information in relation to that year.

In addition, DFP intends to require bodies designated in Part 2 of the Schedule to ensure that appropriate systems are in place and Consolidation Officers appointed in advance of financial information being required from those bodies in future years for the purposes of Whole of Government Accounts (WGA).

WGA are financial statements prepared on the basis of Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (GAAP) which will cover the whole of the public sector as far as practically possible.

Editorial notes

[^key-94741159a28cc91c3b74c142b8536b6b]: Art. 1 in operation at 14.6.2006, see art. 1

[^key-6df8dc1bec1ecbdb9721f563f39e3957]: Art. 2 in operation at 14.6.2006, see art. 1

[^key-556861c028ccc6c080cc9e03fd505541]: Sch. Pt. 1 in operation at 14.6.2006, see art. 1

[^key-05a1484e9ec074261a716d0fc4359061]: Sch. Pt. 2 in operation at 14.6.2006, see art. 1

[^key-7561d288923ca14b385ce3ed2ad23a5b]: Words in Order substituted (11.4.2014) by Health and Social Care (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 5), Sch. para. 1(1)(a) (with Sch. para. 1(2))