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Agriculture Act 1970

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97Grants towards cost of flood warning system

(1)The Secretary of State may make grants, of such amounts as the Treasury may from time to time sanction, towards expenditure incurred by a local authority at any time on or after 1st January 1969—

(a)in providing or installing apparatus or carrying out engineering or building operations for the purposes of a flood warning system; or

(b)in making an approved contribution under section 94(2) of this Act.

(2)No grant shall be payable under this section towards expenditure incurred in connection with any work unless the work has been approved by the Secretary of State and the Secretary of State is satisfied that the work is being or has been properly carried out; and grants under this section shall be made subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the Secretary of State with the approval of the Treasury.

(3)In subsection (1) of this section " approved ", in relation to any contribution, means approved for the purposes of this section by the Secretary of State.

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