SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1N.I. The Northern Ireland Policing Board

Part VN.I. Funding

Grants to the BoardN.I.

15(1)The [F1Department of Justice] shall for each financial year make to the Board a grant for defraying the expenses of the Board.N.I.

(2)A grant under this paragraph—

(a)shall be of such amount,

(b)shall be paid at such time, or in instalments of such amounts and at such times, and

(c)shall be made on such conditions,

as the [F2Department of Justice may, with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel,] determine.

(3)A time determined under sub-paragraph (2)(b) may fall within or after the financial year concerned.

Accounts and auditN.I.

16(1)The Board shall in relation to grants received under paragraph 15—N.I.

(a)keep proper accounts and proper records in relation to the accounts; and

(b)prepare a statement of accounts in respect of each financial year.

(2)The statement of accounts shall contain such information and shall be in such form as the [F3Department of Justice] may determine.

(3)The Board shall send copies of the statement of accounts to the [F4Department of Justice and the Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland] within such period after the end of the financial year to which the accounts relate as the [F5Department of Justice] may determine.

(4)The [F6Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland] shall—

(a)examine, certify and report on each statement of accounts received by him under this paragraph; and

(b)lay copies of the statement of accounts and of his report before [F7the Northern Ireland Assembly].

[F8(5)Section 41(3) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 applies for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4)(b) in relation to the laying of a copy of a statement or report as it applies in relation to the laying of a statutory document under an enactment.]