Cap. 585 чл. 61Financial provisions.

(1) The Commission and the Secretariat shall be provided with adequate financial and human resources, through the national budget, to fulfil their responsibilities under this Act and applicable regulations.

(2) The Commission may charge fees pursuant to article 10(2)(g):

Provided that any fees or fines collected by the Secretariat shall be paid to the Ministry for Finance.

(3) The Minister responsible for Finance may, after consultation with the Minister, make advances to the Commission of such sums as the Minister responsible for Finance may agree to be required by the Commission for carrying out any of its functions under this Act, and may make such advances on such terms and conditions as the Minister responsible for Finance may, after consultation as aforesaid, deem appropriate. Any such advance may be made by the Minister responsible for Finance out of the Consolidated Fund, and without further appropriation other than this Act, by warrant, authorising the Accountant General to make such advance.

(4) The Commission shall be responsible for developing its own budget and for presenting it to the Minister for approval.

(5) The Commission shall cause to be prepared, at the end of every financial year, a financial report recording the income and expenditure of the Commission and the Secretariat and the projected estimates of the income and expenditure of Commission and the Secretariat for the next following financial year:

Provided that the estimates of the Commission for the first financial year of the Commission shall be prepared and adopted within such time as Minister may, by notice in writing to the Commission, specify.

Part XVI - Final Provisions