Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972

Contributions to certain expenditure

241 Contributions by Ministers towards compensation paid by local authorities

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

(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of section 6(8) of the [1936 c. 6.] Trunk Roads Act 1936 (contributions by certain local authorities towards expenses incurred in connection with highways), any local authority may contribute towards any expenses incurred by a local highway 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 district of the local authority.

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

(a) any expenses incurred by a local 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 local 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 sections 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

(3) For the purposes of this section, contributions made by a local planning authority towards the expenditure of a joint planning committee or joint advisory committee shall be deemed to be expenses incurred by that authority for the purposes for which that expenditure is incurred by the committee.

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

A county council or a town 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.