Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 2427

The NCS Service Authority (Budget Statement) Order 2001

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Preparation of budget statement
     3.  - (1) In preparing a budget statement for a financial year, the Authority shall, in addition to the matters set out in section 61A(3)(a) to (e) of the 1997 Act, also take account of - 

(a) the expenditure the Authority estimates it will incur in the year in performing its functions ("operating costs"); and

(b) the estimated expenses and allowances payable to the Authority members for the year.

Contents of budget statement
     4.  - (1) A budget statement submitted under section 61A(1) of the 1997 Act for a financial year shall contain the following information - 

(a) a summary of the expenditure which the Director General of NCS estimates will be incurred in connection with NCS in the year;

(b) any income which it is estimated will be received in that year, whether by way of charges imposed by the Authority under section 64 of the 1997 Act, or otherwise;

(c) the financial reserves of the Authority and the reserves which it estimates it will be appropriate to raise in the year for meeting its estimated future expenditure;

(d) the current and proposed level of borrowing of the Authority;

(e) a record of the views expressed by all members of the Authority on the budget statement;

(f) the efficiency savings which it is estimated will be made in the year;

(g) the Authority's estimate of its operating costs in the year;

(h) the Authority's estimate of the expenses and allowances payable to its members for the year; and

(i) any underspend or overspend estimated for the current year.

    (2) In addition to the information required by paragraph (1) above to be included in the budget statement, the statement may contain any other information which the Authority believes would assist the Secretary of State in determining the amount of the grant to be made to the Authority under section 62 of the 1997 Act[2].


Bob Ainsworth
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office

5th July 2001

[2] Section 62 is substituted by section 114 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001.back