Cap. 355 Art. 28Estimates of the Corporation.

(1) The Corporation shall in every financial year cause to be prepared, and shall not later than four weeks before the end of each such year adopt, estimates of the incomes and expenditure of the Water Services Corporation for the next following financial year.

(2) The estimates shall be made out in such form and shall contain such information and such comparisons with previous years as the Minister shall direct.

(4) The Minister shall within eight weeks from receipt of a copy of the estimates, or if at any time during the period the House of Representatives is not in session, within eighth weeks from the beginning of the next following session, cause such estimates to be laid on the Table of the House of Representatives together with a motion that the House approve the said estimates. Not more than two sittings shall be allotted for the debate in the House on such a motion and both the motion and the approval of the estimates by the House may be with or without amendments to the estimates.

(5) No expenditure shall be made or incurred by the Corporation that has not been approved by the House of Representatives:

Provided that -

(a) until the expiration of six months from the beginning of a financial year or until the approval of the estimates for that year by the House, whichever is the earlier date, the Corporation may make or incur expenditure for carrying on its functions under this Act not exceeding in the aggregate one-half of the amount approved for the preceding financial year;

(b) expenditure approved in respect of a head or subhead of the estimates may, with the approval of the Minister, be incurred in respect of another head or subhead of the estimates;

(c) if in respect of any financial year it is found that the amount approved by the House is not sufficient or a need has arisen for expenditure for a purpose not provided for in the estimates, the Board may adopt supplementary estimates for approval by the House, and pending such approval may in special circumstances and with the approval of the Minister, incur the relative expenditure; moreover in such case the provisions of this Act applicable to the estimates shall as soon as practicable apply to the supplementary estimates: Provided further that in respect of the first financial year of the Corporation this article shall apply as if it required the Board to adopt estimates for that year not later than twelve weeks from the * appointed day , and as if, until the approval of the estimates for that year by the House, and subject to the total expenditure for that year not exceeding the amount approved by the House, no limits were placed on the power of the Corporation to make or incur expenditure.

(6) All estimates and supplementary estimates approved by the

*20th January, 1992 - see Legal Notice 7 of 1992.