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  • Arm's length bodies guidance

    Topics:
    • Finance, 
    • Accountability and financial management

    Date published: 1 December 2023

    This section contains guidance concerning relationships between government departments and arm's length bodies.The most recent publications are DAO (DoF) 05/19 attachment (December 2023 - version 3) - partnership agreement template and DAO (DoF) 03/22 attachment (December 2023 - version 2) - corporation soles partnership agreement template.

    Documents

    • DAO (DoF) 03/22 (13 Apr 2022) - Corporation soles partnership agreement template Adobe PDF (570 KB)
    • DAO (DoF) 03/22 attachment (December 2023 - version 2) - Corporation soles partnership agreement template Microsoft Word (5 MB)
    • DAO (DoF) 06/19 (9 Dec 2019) - Proportionate autonomy for arm's length bodies Adobe PDF (632 KB)
    • DAO (DoF) 06/19 attachment (9 Dec 2019) - Proportionate autonomy for arm's length bodies Adobe PDF (487 KB)
    • DAO (DoF) 05/19 (27 Nov 2019) - Partnership agreement template Adobe PDF (566 KB)
    • DAO (DoF) 05/19 attachment (Dec 2023 - version 3) - Partnership agreement template Microsoft Word (6 MB)
    • DAO (DoF) 03/19 (19 Mar 2019) - Partnerships between departments and arm's length bodies: NI code of good practice Adobe PDF (540 KB)
    • DAO (DoF) 03/19 attachment (30 Mar 2023) - Partnerships between departments and arm's length bodies: NI code of good practice Adobe PDF (6 MB)

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