Commentary on provisions of the Act Section 9: Funding
Section 9 provides that the Sponsor Body will be funded out of money provided by Parliament. Schedule 4 contains further provision about the mechanisms by which such funding is provided, including review of the Sponsor Body’s annual estimates both by the Estimates Commission and by Parliament.
	Subsection (3) provides that the Sponsor Body may pay grants or any other form of financial assistance to the Delivery Authority for the purposes of enabling the Delivery Authority to exercise its functions. This means that, effectively, the Delivery Authority is also funded out of money provided by Parliament. Subsection (4) enables the Sponsor Body to attach conditions to such financial assistance.