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(2) Subject to subsections (1) and (3), the Council may make bylaws for the regulation and control of its finances, including provisions as to the following-

(a) limitations on expenditure by any committee, sub-committee or person to whom the Council may delegate powers to authorize expenditure; (Amended 9 of 1986 s. 20)

(b) the establishment of reserves for particular purposes and the procedure to be adopted by the Council in making transfers thereto or therefrom; and

(c) the establishment of a tender board for the procurement of such goods and services as may be determined by the Council. (Replaced 65 of 1979 s. 3)

(3) Bylaws made under subsection (2) may contain delegations of the powers mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (aa) of section 36(4) but not in excess of the following-

(a) a delegation to the standing committee of the Council's powers-

(i) to revise from time to time in any way that part of the estimates of expenditure referred to in section 39(1) which relates to capital works;

(ii) to revise from time to time, by adding any sub-head, any part of the estimates of expenditure or of the list of works referred to in section 39(1);

(iii) to revise any part of the said estimates of expenditure or list of works by authorizing expenditure in respect of any sub-head in excess of the amount provided therefor (whether originally or as a result of a revision thereof);

(b) a delegation to any member of the Council or to any committee or sub-committee, other than the standing committee, or to any member of any committee or any public officer of the Council's powers-

(i) to revise from time to time that part of the said estimates which relate to capital works by increasing or reducing the amount of the estimated total cost of any capital work or the amount of the expenditure thereon during the year to which the estimates relate;

(ii) to revise any part of the said estimates of expenditure or list of works by authorizing expenditure in respect of any sub-head in excess of the amount provided therefor in the said estimates or list of works (whether originally or as a result of a revision thereof),

but limited, where subparagraph (i) applies, to an increase or reduction of the amount of the estimated total cost of any capital work by not more than 30% of the amount originally provided, and, where subparagraph (ii) applies, to excess expenditure of not more than $15,000 where the amount originally provided for a sub-head is less than $50,000 and of not more than 30% of the amount originally provided for a sub-head in any other case;

(c) a delegation to any member of the Council or to any committee or sub-committee or any member of any committee or any public officer of the Council's powers to transfer amounts appearing in a sub-head

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