Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations describe the form, content and publication requirements relating to budget statements for the financial years 2008-9, 2009-10 and 2010-11.
Budget statements comprise information about planned expenditure and estimated planned expenditure set out against specified headings in the tables comprising Schedules 1 to 3.
The first budget statement under these Regulations must be published before 1st April 2008 and must include information relating to actual planned expenditure for funding period 1 and estimated planned expenditure for funding periods 2 and 3 as specified.
The second budget statement must be published before 1st April 2009 and must include information relating to actual planned expenditure for funding period 2 and revised estimated planned expenditure for funding period 3 as specified.
The third budget statement must be published before 1st April 2010 and must include information relating to actual planned expenditure for funding period 3 as specified.