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(1)A local authority may, subject to the provisions of this section, incur expenditure which in their opinion is in the interests of [F1and will bring direct benefit to] their area or any part of it or all or some of its inhabitants, but a local authority shall not, by virtue of this subsection, incur any expenditure.
[F2(a)]for a purpose for which they are, either unconditionally or subject to any limitation or to the satisfaction of any condition, authorised or required to make any payment by or by virtue of any other enactment [F3nor].
[F3(b)unless the direct benefit accruing to their area or any part of it or to all or some of the inhabitants of their area will be commensurate with the expenditure to be incurred.]
(2)It is hereby declared that F4. . . the power of a local authority to incur expenditure under subsection (1) above includes power to do so by contributing towards the defraying of expenditure by another local authority in or in connection with the exercise of that other authority’s functions.
F5(2A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F5(2B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F6(2C)A local authority may incur expenditure under subsection (1) above on publicity only by way of assistance to a public body or voluntary organisation where the publicity is incidental to the main purpose for which the assistance is given; but the following provisions of this section apply to expenditure incurred by a local authority under section 88 below on information as to the services provided by them under this section, or otherwise relating to their functions under this section, as they apply to expenditure incurred under this section.
(2D)In subsection (2C) above—
“publicity” means any communication, in whatever form, addressed to the public at large or to a section of the public; and
“voluntary organisation” means a body which is not a public body but whose activities are carried on otherwise than for profit.]
(3)A local authority may, subject as aforesaid, incur expenditure on contributions to any of the following funds, that is to say—
(a)the funds of any charitable body in furtherance of its work in the United Kingdom; or
(b)the funds of any body which provides any public service in the United Kingdom otherwise than for the purposes of gain; or
(c)any fund which is raised in connection with a particular event directly affecting persons resident in the United Kingdom on behalf of whom a public appeal for contributions has been made by a [F7convener of a local authority, a convener] of a community council, a lord-lieutenant or by a body of which any of these persons is a member [F8or by such a person or body as is referred to in section 137(3)(c) of the Local Government Act 1972].
F9(3A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F10(4)The expenditure of a local authority under this section in any financial year shall not exceed the amount produced by multiplying—
(a)£3.80, or such other sum as may from time to time be specified in an order made by the Secretary of State; by
(b)the relevant population of the authority’s area.
(4AA)For the purposes of subsection (4)(b) above the relevant population of a local authority’s area shall be determined in accordance with regulations made by the Secretary of State.]
[F11(4A)For the purpose of determining whether a local authority have exceeded the limit set out in subsection (4) above, their expenditure in any financial year under this section shall be taken to be the difference between their gross expenditure under this section for that year and the aggregate of the amounts specified in subsection (4B) below.
(4B)The amounts mentioned in subsection (4A) above are—
(a)any grant paid to the local authority for that year under the M1Local Government Grants (Social Need) Act 1969, in so far as the grant is in respect of an activity in relation to which the authority have incurred expenditure in that year under this section;
(b)the amount of any repayment in that year of the principal of a loan for the purpose of financing expenditure under this section in any year;
(c)so much of any amount raised by public subscription as is spent in that year for a purpose for which the authority are authorised by their section to incur expenditure;
(d)any grant received by the authority for that year out of the European Regional Development Fund or the Social Fund of the European F12. . . Community, in so far as the grant is in respect of an activity in relation to which the authority incurred expenditure in that year under this section;
(e)the amount of any repayment in that year of a loan under this section made by the authority in any year; and
(f)the amount of any expenditure—
(i)which is incurred by the authority in that year in circumstances specified in an order made by the Secretary of State; or
(ii)which is incurred by the authority in that year and is of a description so specified; or
(iii)which is defrayed by any grant or other payment to the authority which is made in or in respect of that year and is of a description so specified.]
[F13(5)A statutory instrument containing an order or regulations made under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.]
[F14(7)The accounts kept under section 96 of this Act by a local authority shall include a separate account of any expenditure incurred by the authority under this section.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 83(1) inserted (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 164(2)(a); S.I. 1995/702, art. 3
F2S. 83(1)(a) re numbered (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 164(2)(b); S.I. 1995/702, art. 3
F3S. 83(1)(b) and the word “nor”immediately preceding it inserted (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 164(2)(c); S.I. 1995/702, art. 3
F4Words in s. 83(2) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(2), Sch. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(d), Sch. 2
F5S. 83(2A)(2B) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1)(2), Sch. 13 para. 92(19)(a), Sch. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)(d), Sch. 2
F6S. 83(2C)(2D) inserted by Local Government Act 1986 (c. 10, SIF 81:1), ss. 3(3), 6
F7Words in s. 83(3)(c) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 92(19)(b); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)
F8Words added by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:2), s. 36(9)
F9S. 83(3A) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 164(3), 180(2), Sch. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(a)(d), Schs. 1, 2
F10S. 83(4)(4AA) substituted (1.4.1996) for s. 83(4) by 1994 c. 39, s. 164(4); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(a), Sch. 1
F11S. 83(4A), (4B) inserted by Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 43), s. 50(b)
F12Word in s. 83(4B)(d) repealed (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(2), Sch. 14; S.I. 1995/702, art. 3(e), Sch. 1
F13S. 83(5) substituted (1.4.1996) for s. 83(5)(6) by 1994 c. 39, s. 164(5); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(a), Sch. 1
F14S. 83(7) inserted by Rating and Valuation (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 31, SIF 103:2), s. 9
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 83 amended by Local Authorities (Expenditure Powers) Act 1983 (c. 52), s. 1(1)(b)
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