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Part XIIIS Financial Provisions

Contributions to certain expenditureS

241 Contributions by Ministers towards compensation paid by local authorities.S

Where compensation is payable by a local authority under this Act in consequence of any decision or order given or made under—

(a)Part III or Part IV of this Act;

(b)sections 84 to 96 of this Act;

(c)the provisions of Part IX of this Act relating to purchase notices;

(d)Schedule 7 to this Act,

then if that decision or order was given or made wholly or partly in the interest of a service which is provided by a government department and the cost of which is defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament, the Minister responsible for the administration of that service may pay to that authority a contribution of such amount as he may with the consent of the Treasury determine.

242 Contributions by local authorities and statutory undertakers. S

(1)Without prejudice to [F1section 5(9) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (power of local roads authority to contribute towards costs incurred by Secretary of State in construction or improvement of trunk road]), any [F2regional or islands council] may contribute towards any expenses incurred by a local [F3roads] authority or the Secretary of State in the acquisition of land under Part VI of this Act, or in the construction or improvement of roads on land so acquired, or in connection with any development required in the interests of the proper planning of the [F2region or island area].

(2)Any local authority and any statutory undertakers may contribute towards—

(a)any expenses incurred by a. . . F4 planning authority in or in connection with the carrying out of a survey or the preparation of a structure plan or local plan under Part II of this Act;

(b)any expenses incurred by a. . . F4 planning authority in or in connection with the performance of any of their functions under Part III (except section 25), Part IV, Part V (except [F5sections 91A, 91B, 97] and 99) or Part VI (except section 116) of this Act, under the provisions of Part IX of this Act relating to purchase notices and listed building purchase notices or under Schedule 10 to this Act.

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243 Assistance for acquisition of property where objection made to blight notice in certain cases.S

A [F7regional, islands or district] council may, subject to such conditions as may be approved by the Secretary of State, advance money to any person for the purpose of enabling him to acquire a hereditament or agricultural unit in respect of which a counter-notice has been served under section 183 of this Act specifying the grounds mentioned in subsection (2)(d) of that section as, or as one of, the grounds of objection if, in the case of a hereditament, its annual value does not exceed such amount as may be prescribed for the purposes of section 181(4)(a) of this Act.