s 25 Financing the Executive
(1) In Article 15 of the Order of 1981— (a) for paragraphs (1) and (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs— (1) The Department of Finance and Personnel may make advances to the Executive of such amounts and on such terms as that Department thinks fit. (2) Subject to paragraph (3), there shall be issued out of the Consolidated Fund such sums as are necessary to enable the Department of Finance and Personnel to make advances under paragraph (1), and for the purpose of providing such issues the Department of Finance and Personnel may borrow money. (b) after paragraph (3) there shall be added the following paragraph— (4) In paragraph (3)— (a) the reference to sums issued under paragraph (2) includes sums issued under that paragraph as it had effect before the day of the coming into operation of Article 25 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1988, and (b) the reference to advances made under paragraph (1) includes advances made under that paragraph as it had effect before that day. (2) In Article 16(1) of the Order of 1981, after the word “with” there shall be inserted the words “ the consent of the Department and with ” .