The Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 2003

Resource allocation plans

10.—(1) 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.

(2) The plan submitted to a funding department under paragraph (1) shall—

(a) be in such form as that department may approve; and

(b) contain such other information in connection with the exercise, or proposed exercise, by the board of relevant functions as that department may direct.

(3) A funding department may approve a plan submitted to it under paragraph (1) with or without modifications.

(4) 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.

(5) Resources shall not be used by a board otherwise than in accordance with a plan (or revised plan) approved under this Article.

(6) For the purposes of this Order and the Education Orders “the funding departments” are—

(a) the Department;

(b) the Department of Culture Arts and Leisure; and

(c) the Department for Employment and Learning.

(7) For the purposes of this Article “relevant functions” means—

(a) in relation to a plan submitted to the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure, functions of the board under—

(i) Article 37 of the 1986 Order, so far as relating to cultural and recreational activities; and

(ii) Part VII of the 1986 Order;

(b) in relation to a plan submitted to the Department for Employment and Learning, functions of the board under—

(i) Article 50 of the 1986 Order;

(ii) Article 52 or 60 of that Order, so far as relating to pupils attending institutions of further education; and

(iii) the Further Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (NI 15);

(c) in relation to a plan submitted to the Department, all other functions of the board.

(8) In this Article a reference to the use of resources is a reference to their expenditure, consumption or reduction in value.