Division 2Division 2 Estimates of fire brigades expenditure
45 Minister to prepare estimate of fire brigades expenditure
(1) Before or as soon as practicable after the end of a financial year, the Minister must:(a) prepare and, subject to the Treasurer’s agreement, adopt an estimate of the fire brigades expenditure (the estimated expenditure) for the next financial year, and(b) prepare and adopt an estimate of the amount of estimated expenditure applicable to each fire district for the next financial year.(2) In determining the amount of estimated expenditure applicable to each fire district, the Minister may apportion the total estimated capital expenditure between fire districts in the way the Minister thinks fit.(3) To assist the Minister in preparing and adopting the estimated expenditure for a financial year, the Commissioner must prepare and give to the Minister a written report and recommendations about fire brigades expenditure for the year and the estimated expenditure for each fire district.(4) The Minister must consider the Commissioner’s report and recommendations in preparing the estimates.
46 Adjustment of estimates of recurrent expenditure
(1) The estimate of recurrent expenditure included in the estimated expenditure for a financial year is to be adjusted as necessary, whether by reducing or increasing the estimate, by the total of:(a) the part of the surplus or deficit in the Department’s recurrent expenditure account at the end of any previous financial year, as decided by the Minister, and(b) the amounts it is estimated will be paid to the Department for the financial year (other than from fire brigade contributions), as decided by the Minister.(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Minister may, with the Treasurer’s agreement, decide that adjustments are not to be made to the estimated expenditure for a financial year in respect of:(a) certain money paid into the recurrent expenditure account, or(b) certain amounts it is estimated will be paid to the Department for the financial year.