Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000

10 Funding for police purposes – ancillary provisions

(1) The Board shall—

(a) prepare and submit to the Secretary of State, at such times and in such form as the Secretary of State may direct, estimates of the receipts and payments of the Board for police purposes during such period as may be specified in the direction; and

(b) submit to the Secretary of State such other information relating to those estimates as he may require.

(2) A draft of the estimates of receipts and payments for police purposes shall be submitted by the Chief Constable to the Board.

(3) The estimates submitted by the Board under subsection (1) shall be either—

(a) in the form of the draft submitted under subsection (2); or

(b) in that form with such amendments as the Board may, after consultation with the Chief Constable, determine.

(4) The Board shall comply with such directions as the Secretary of State may give as to the application of moneys received by the Board otherwise than by way of grant under section 9(1) or paragraph 15 of Schedule 1; and to the extent that any statutory provision or any such direction does not require moneys so received to be applied in a particular manner or for a particular purpose, the Board shall apply those moneys for police purposes.

(5) The Board shall in each financial year put at the disposal of the Chief Constable—

(a) an amount equal to the amount of the grant for police purposes received in that year by the Board under section 9(1); and

(b) any amount received by the Board in that year which is required to be applied for police purposes—

(i) by subsection (4) or directions under that subsection; or

(ii) by any other statutory provision.