(1)Any sums falling to be paid by the [F1Secretary of State] to the Post Office in pursuance of any agreement to which he, it and a council in England or Wales are parties, being—
(a)an agreement providing for the issue by the Post Office, on behalf of the council, of licences of all or any of the following kinds, namely, [F2licences for dogs,] licences for dealing in game and licences for killing game, and the payment by that Minister to the Post Office of sums in consideration of its issuing the licences; or
(b)an agreement providing for the payment by [F1the Secretary of State] to the Post Office of sums in consideration of its issuing, on behalf of the council, licences of all or any of those kinds in compliance with a direction under section 12 of this Act;
shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament.
(2)Where licences of any such kinds as aforesaid are, in compliance with a direction under section 12 of this Act, issued by the Post Office on behalf of a council in England or Wales during a period during which an agreement is in force between the council and the [F1Secretary of State] providing for the payment to the Post Office by [F1the Secretary of State] of sums in consideration of its issuing the licences (not being an agreement to which the Post Office is a party), the Post Office shall be entitled, in consideration of its issuing the licences, to receive payment from [F1the Secretary of State] (of an amount to be determined, in the event of a dispute’s arising as to the amount thereof, by the [F1Secretary of State]); and any sums falling to be paid by [F1the Secretary of State] in pursuance of this subsection shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament.
(3)Where licences of any such kinds as aforesaid are, in compliance with a direction under section 12 of this Act, issued by the Post Office on behalf of a council in England or Wales during a period during which no agreement is in force between the council and the [F1Secretary of State] providing for the payment to the Post Office by [F1the Secretary of State] of sums in consideration of its issuing the licences, the Post Office shall be entitled, in consideration of its issuing the licences, to receive payment from the council (of an amount to be determined, in the event of a dispute’s arising as to the amount thereof, by the [F1Secretary of State]).
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1970/1681, arts. 2, 6(3)
F2Words repealed (E.W.S.) by Local Government Act 1988 (c. 9, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 41, Sch. 7 Pt. IV