Title and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Whole of Government Accounts (Designation of Bodies) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 and shall come into operation on 6th June 2003.

Designation

2.  For the purposes of section 15 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001, the Department of Finance and Personnel hereby designates the bodies listed in the Schedule in respect of the financial year ending with 31st March 2003.

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SCHEDULEDESIGNATED BODIES FOR 2002/03

• Agricultural Research Institute for Northern Ireland

• Arts Council of Northern Ireland

• 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

• Enterprise Ulster

• Fire Authority for Northern Ireland

• Fisheries Conservancy Board

• General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland

• Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland

• 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

• Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service (Special Agency)

• Northern Ireland Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education

• Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

• Northern Ireland Economic Development Office

• Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority

• Northern Ireland Guardian ad Litem Agency

• Northern Ireland Health Promotion Agency

• Northern Ireland Museums Council

• Northern Ireland Practice & 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

• Office for the Regulation of Electricity and Gas

• Rural Development Council

• Sports Council for Northern Ireland

• Staff Commission for Education and Library Boards

• Strategic Investment Board Limited

• The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland

• The Governors of the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium

• Ulster Supported Employment Limited

• Youth Council for Northern Ireland

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order designates bodies, for the financial year ending with 31st March 2003, 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 to HM Treasury for use in the preparation of Whole of Government Accounts (WGA) at United Kingdom level for that year. The designation enables DFP to require those bodies to provide financial information in relation to that year.

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