(1) A District Assembly may incur any expenditure necessary for or incidental to the carrying out of a function conferred on the District Assembly under this Act, or by the Instrument which established that District Assembly, but the expenditure shall be included in the approved budget for the District Assembly for the relevant year.

(2) For the avoidance of doubt, any moneys received by a District Assembly from the Common Fund shall be expended only on projects that form part of the approved development plan for the district.