Water Industry Act 1991

Financial provisions E+W

5 (1) The following shall be paid by the Director out of money provided by Parliament, that is to say—

(a) any sums required to be paid to or in respect of any person under paragraph 2 or 3 above; and

(b) any expenses incurred by a customer service committee in accordance with any statement approved under sub-paragraph (3) below.

(2) A customer service committee shall prepare in respect of each financial year a statement of the expenses which it expects to incur in respect of that year—

(a) in relation to officers and employees of the committee and its sub-committees; or

(b) otherwise for the purposes of, or in connection with, the carrying out of its functions;

and that statement shall be sent to the Director, in the case of the statement in respect of the financial year current at the establishment of the committee, as soon as practicable after the establishment of the committee and, in any other case, before the beginning of the financial year to which the statement relates.

(3) The Director shall consider any statement sent to him under sub-paragraph (2) above and shall either approve the statement or approve it with such modifications as he considers appropriate.