Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972

247 Expenses of government departments

(1) The following expenses of the Secretary of State shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament, that is to say—

(a) any expenses incurred by the Secretary of State under subsection (2) of section 48 of this Act or under that subsection as applied by subsection (7) of section 61 of this Act, or in the payment of expenses of any committee established under the said section 61;

(b) any sums necessary to enable the Secretary of State to make any payments becoming payable by him under Part VII or Part VIII of this Act;

(c) any expenses incurred by the Secretary of State under Part X of this Act;

(d) any expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in the making of grants in accordance with regulations made under section 237 of this Act or grants under section 240 of this Act;

(e) subject to the provisions of subsection (4) of section 248 of this Act, any instalment payable by the Secretary of State under subsections (2) and (3) of that section:

(f) any administrative expenses incurred by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Act.

(2) There shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament any expenses incurred by any government department (including the Secretary of State)—

(a) in the acquisition of land under Part VI of this Act;

(b) in the payment of compensation under section 108(4), 226(2) or 266 of this Act;

(c) under section 118(2)(b) of this Act; or

(d) under section 241 of this Act.