Article 10 Resource allocation plans
In respect of each financial year, a board shall prepare, and submit to each of the funding departments, a resource allocation plan which sets out the estimated use of resources by the board in that year in respect of the relevant functions of the board.
The plan submitted to a funding department under paragraph (1) shall—
be in such form as that department may approve; and
contain such other information in connection with the exercise, or proposed exercise, by the board of relevant functions as that department may direct.
A funding department may approve a plan submitted to it under paragraph (1) with or without modifications.
A board may, with the approval of a funding department, at any time submit a revised resource allocation plan to that department, and that department may approve the revised plan with or without modifications.
Resources shall not be used by a board otherwise than in accordance with a plan (or revised plan) approved under this Article.
For the purposes of this Order and the Education Orders “the funding departments” are—
the Department;
the Department of Culture Arts and Leisure; and
the Department for Employment and Learning.
For the purposes of this Article “relevant functions” means—
in relation to a plan submitted to the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure, functions of the board under—
Article 37 of the 1986 Order, so far as relating to cultural and recreational activities; and
Part VII of the 1986 Order;
in relation to a plan submitted to the Department for Employment and Learning, functions of the board under—
Article 50 of the 1986 Order;
Article 52 or 60 of that Order, so far as relating to pupils attending institutions of further education; and
in relation to a plan submitted to the Department, all other functions of the board.
In this Article a reference to the use of resources is a reference to their expenditure, consumption or reduction in value.