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Limitation on expenditure.
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11.—(1) At any time after they have adopted an estimate of expenses, a local authority may, as respects the local financial year to which the estimate relates, authorise by resolution the expenditure of money or the incurring of a liability in excess of the expenditure for any particular purpose specified in the estimate.
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(2) Save with an authorisation given by resolution under subsection (1) of this section, the total amount of money expended and liability incurred by a local authority as respects any local financial year for any particular purpose specified in the estimate of expenses for that year shall not exceed the total amount specified in that estimate in respect of that purpose.
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(3) Where, as respects any local financial year the manager is of opinion that the proper performance of the functions of a local authority requires the expenditure of money or the incurring of a liability in respect of any particular purpose in excess of the expenditure for that purpose specified in the estimate of expenses for that year, he may prepare an application for the authorisation by the local authority of the excess expenditure and may submit the application—
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(a) in the case of a local authority having an estimates committee, to the committee, and
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(b) in any other case, to the members of the local authority.
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(4) Where an application is submitted to an estimates committee under subsection (3) of this section, the committee shall consider the application and shall then submit it, with their recommendation thereon, to the members of the local authority.
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