Cap. 424 Art. 31Estimates of the Authority.

(1) The Authority shall cause to be prepared in every financial year, and shall not later than eight weeks before the end of each financial year adopt, estimates of the income and expenditure of the Authority for the next following financial year: Provided that the estimates of the Authority for the first financial year of the Authority shall be prepared and adopted within such time as the Minister may by notice in writing to the Authority specify.

(2) In the preparation of such estimates the Authority shall take account of any funds and other monies that may be due to be paid to it out of the Consolidated Fund during the relevant financial year, whether by virtue of this Act or an appropriation Act or of any other law; and the Authority shall so prepare the said estimates as to ensure that the total revenues of the Authority are at least sufficient to meet all sums properly chargeable to its revenue account including, but without prejudice to the generality of that expression, depreciation.

(3) The estimates shall be made in such forms and shall contain such information and such comparisons with previous estimates as the Minister may direct.

(4) A copy of the estimates shall, upon their adoption by the Authority, be sent forthwith by the Authority to the Minister and to the Minister responsible for finance.

(5) The Minister shall, at the earliest opportunity and not later than six weeks after the Minister has received a copy of the estimates of the Authority, or, if at any time the House is not in session, within six weeks from the beginning of the next following session, cause such estimates to be laid before the House together with a motion that the House approves the said estimates. Not more than one sitting shall be allotted for the debate in the House on such motion and both the motion and the approval of the estimates by the House may be with or without amendment to the estimates.