Moved by
Lord Bates
28: Clause 40, page 30, line 43, leave out subsection (4) and insert—
“(4) The Secretary of State—
(a) must before the beginning of each financial year specify a maximum sum which the Commissioner may spend that year,
(b) may permit that to be exceeded for a specified purpose, and
(c) subject to paragraphs (a) and (b), must defray the Commissioner’s expenditure for each financial year.
(4A) In this Part, “financial year” means—
(a) the period beginning with the day on which the first Commissioner takes office and ending with the following 31 March, and
(b) each successive period of 12 months.
“(4B) The Commissioner may appoint staff.”