Regulation 15 Expenses

The Secretary of State shall, in respect of each financial year, pay to each Council sums equal to the amounts which he has approved as the amounts of expenditure which he considers may reasonably be incurred by the Council in that year for the purpose of performing its functions.

Each Council shall submit to the Secretary of State, in such form and by such date as he may specify, such estimates as he may require of the expenditure which it expects to incur during such financial years as he may specify.

The Secretary of State may approve the amounts of the estimates submitted under paragraph (2) with or without modification, or subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, and may at any time vary such approval or conditions.

A Council shall not incur expenses in excess of the amounts approved for that Council by the Secretary of State under this regulation.