The Act lets the specified Ministry amend listed enactments by order, subject to affirmative resolution, to change or stop certain sums being payable.
Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 An Act to provide for the variation or abolition of certain fees and other payments; to increase the limits on sums which may be issued out of the Consolidated Fund for certain purposes, on outstanding advances out of that Fund in connection with the Northern Ireland Redundancy Fund and on outstanding Government loans; to authorise the issue of a sum to the Ulster Land Fund; to amend provisions relating to grants in the Fire Services (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 and provisions relating to advances in the New Towns Act (Northern Ireland) 1965; and for purposes connected with those matters. The Ministry specified in relation thereto in column 2 of Schedule 1 may amend any enactment mentioned in column 1 of that Schedule by order made subject to affirmative resolution so as to vary any sum specified by the enactment as the amount or maximum amount of any payment or so as to provide that any sum so specified shall cease to be payable. The power conferred by subsection (1) in relation to an enactment shall be exercisable in relation to that enactment as applied by any other enactment. Subs. (3) rep. by 1972 NI 12 S. 2 rep. by 1976 NI 21 S. 3 rep. by 1971 c. 6 (NI) S. 4 rep. by SLR 1976 S. 5 rep. by 1973 NI 5 S. 6 rep. by 1969 c. 13 (NI) S. 7 rep. by 1972 NI 22 This Act may be cited as the Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 1968. Subs. (2), with Schedule 4, effects repeals Schedule 2 rep. by 1970 c. 9 (NI); 1971 c. 6 (NI); 1973 NI 5; 1974 c. 2 (NI) Schedule 3 rep. by 1971 c. 6 (NI); 1973 NI 5; 1974 c. 2 (NI) Schedule 4 — Repeals 1982 NI 17 1979 c.37 SRO (NI) 1973/504; 1976 NI 6 1985 NI 15 1972 NI 12 1970 c.21 (NI) SRO (NI) 1972/111; 1973/504; 1976 NI 6 Functions transf., 1982 NI 6 SRO (NI) 1973/504; SI 1973/2163; SRO (NI) 1973/504 Entry relating to Explosives Act 1875 repealed (1.12.2006) by Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/425), regs. 1, 27(1)(2), Sch. 6 Pt. 1 para 7, Sch. 7 Pt. 1 (with reg. 26) 1991 NI 12 2001 c. 8 (NI)