Part II The Northern Ireland Policing Board

10 Funding for police purposes – ancillary provisions.

F11

The Board shall prepare and submit to the F8Department of Justice, at such times and in such form as the F8Department of Justice may direct—

a

estimates of the receipts and payments of the Board for pension purposes during such period as may be specified in the direction;

b

estimates of the receipts and payments of the Board for other police purposes during such period as may be specified in the direction.

1A

The Board shall submit to the F9Department of Justice such other information relating to the estimates submitted under subsection (1) as F11the Department of Justice may require.

2

F3Drafts of the estimates of receipts and payments for F4pension purposes and other 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 F5drafts 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 F10Department of Justice 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 F6other than pension purposes.

F24A

The Board shall in each financial year put at the disposal of the Chief Constable for pension purposes—

a

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

b

any amount received by the Board in that year which is required to be applied for pension purposes by directions under subsection (4) or by any other statutory provision.

F75

The Board shall in each financial year put at the disposal of the Chief Constable for other police purposes—

a

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

b

any amount received by the Board in that year which is required to be applied for other police purposes by subsection (4) or directions under that subsection or by any other statutory provision.