Cap. 562 ст. 17Resources.

(1) The expenses of the Service required for the running of the House, (other than the remuneration of the Speaker, the Members of Parliament and the Clerk) up to a sum as may be fixed by the House in accordance with this Act, shall be a charge on the Consolidated Fund without the need of any further appropriation other than this Act.

(2) (a) The remuneration of the Speaker and the Members of Parliament shall be fixed by an independent body established for this purpose and shall be defrayed as part of the expenses of the Service.

(b) The remuneration of the Clerk shall be fixed by the House Business Committee and shall be defrayed as part of the expenses of the Service.

(3) For the purposes of establishing the sum referred to in sub-article (1), the Clerk shall prepare an estimate of the sum required and submit it for the Speaker’s approval.

(4) Such estimate shall, before consideration by the House, be submitted by the Speaker for examination by the House Business Committee.

(5) Where, during the course of any financial year, the sum fixed by the House is in the opinion of the Speaker insufficient to enable the Service to efficiently fulfil its responsibilities, the Clerk shall prepare supplementary estimates for the Speaker’s approval and subsequent consideration by the House after examination by the House Business Committee as aforesaid in sub-article (4).

(6) (a) The sum or sums referred to in the previous sub-articles of this article shall be fixed by a resolution of the House after considering the estimates and the report thereon by the House Business Committee.

(b) The Minister for Finance shall be consulted in the Government side.

(7) The House Business Committee shall from time to time but not less often than once a year present to the House, through the Speaker, a report of its activities and the report of its examination of any estimates prepared by the Clerk.

(8) Where, upon the dissolution of the House, the sum to be established for the purposes of sub-article (1) is not so established or the House has not after the end of a financial year established the said sum, the Speaker shall be entitled to expend, each month, a sum equivalent to one-twelfth of the sum or sums established for the previous financial year, until the said sum is so established.

(9) The Speaker shall, not later than a month after half the financial year, present an interim account of the expenditure of the Service, to the House of Representatives which shall thereafter be published on the Parliament website and which shall, amongst other matters, disclose the expenditure on human capacity, on administration, on travel abroad and on other allowances and the capital expenditure, for the six month period to which it refers.