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The Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 2003
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6.—(1) In the case of each controlled and maintained school with a delegated budget, [F1the Authority] shall put at the disposal of the Board of Governors in respect of each financial year a sum equal to the school's budget share for that year, to be spent for the purposes of the school.
(2) The times at which, and the manner in which, any such sum is put at the disposal of the Board of Governors shall be such as may be provided by or under the scheme.
(3) [F1The Authority] may not delegate to the Board of Governors of a relevant controlled or maintained school the power to spend any amount appropriated by [F1the Authority] for the purposes of the school otherwise than as required or authorised by or under the scheme.
(4) The Board of Governors of a school which has a delegated budget—
(a)shall be entitled, subject to any provision made by or under the scheme, to spend any sum made available to it in respect of the school's budget share for a financial year as it thinks fit for the purposes of the school; and
(b)may delegate to the principal, to such extent as may be permitted by or under the scheme, its power under sub-paragraph (a) in relation to any part of that sum.
(5) The members of the Board of Governors of a school shall not incur any personal liability in respect of anything done in good faith in the exercise or purported exercise of their powers under paragraph (4).
F1Words in Order substituted (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), s. 7(2)(c), Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(a) (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3), Sch. 3 para. 1(2)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)
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