Section 28

Before the first day of June of each year, the Board shall submit to the Minister an estimate of the expenditure (including the expenditure for research and development activities) for the following year in such form and containing such particulars as the Minister may direct.

The Minister shall, before the first day of the month of

January of the following year, notify the Board of the amount authorized for expenditure generally or of the amounts authorized for each description of expenditure based on the estimate prepared under subsection (2).

The Board may at any time submit to the Minister a supplementary estimate for any one year and the Minister may allow the whole or any part of the additional expenditure included in the supplementary estimate.

Financial year