114 Functions of responsible officer as regards reports

114  Functions of responsible officer as regards reports

(1)     On and after the commencement day the person having responsibility for the administration of the financial affairs of a relevant authority under section 151 of the 1972 Act, section 73 of the 1985 Act[, section 127 of the 1999 Act][, [section 4D or 4I of the 2004 Act] or Schedule 1, 2 or 4 to the 2011 Act] or section 112 above shall have the duties mentioned in this section, without prejudice to any other functions; and in this section he is referred to as the chief finance officer of the authority.

(2)     [Subject to subsection (2A),] the chief finance officer of a relevant authority shall make a report under this section if it appears to him that the authority, a committee [of the authority, a person holding any office or employment under the authority, a member of [the relevant police force],] or a joint committee on which the authority is represented—

(a)     has made or is about to make a decision which involves or would involve the authority incurring expenditure which is unlawful,

(b)     has taken or is about to take a course of action which, if pursued to its conclusion, would

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