9E+W+SAfter section 20 of the 1956 Act there shall be inserted—
(1)The police authority of any police area may incur expenses in the making of contributions in aid of council tax in respect of dwellings, whether in the police area or elsewhere, which are occupied for the purposes of the police force for that area, being dwellings in respect of which no council tax is paid.
(2)A contribution under this section shall be treated as money paid as council tax.”