Article 5C Mayor to notify Police, Fire and Crime Panel of proposed allocation of budget for fire and rescue functionsF1

The Mayor must, in each financial year, notify the Police, Fire and Crime Panel of the Mayor’s proposed allocation of the draft budget for fire and rescue functions in relation to the following financial year (“proposed allocation of budget”).

The notification described in paragraph (1) must be given before the date on which the GMCA determines whether to approve the Mayor’s annual budget in relation to the following financial year, and the Police, Fire and Crime Panel must have a reasonable amount of time to review the proposed allocation of budget before the GMCA makes its determination.