Youth Work Act, 1997

Supervision of Youth Work Budget.

13.—(1) An education board shall supervise the implementation of a Youth Work Budget in order to ensure that the expenditure for the financial year concerned does not exceed the expenditure approved or determined by the Minister under subsection (4) or (6) of section 12 for that financial year.

(2) An education board may, subject to the prior approval in writing of the Minister, amend a Youth Work Budget that has been approved by the Minister in accordance with section 12 .

(3) If the amount of expenditure incurred by an education board in a financial year is either greater or less than the amount approved or determined by the Minister under subsection (4) or (6) of section 12 for that financial year, the education board shall—

(a) charge the amount of the excess of unapproved expenditure, or

(b) credit the amount of the surplus,

to the Youth Work Budget for the next following financial year.