C3C4 Part VII Miscellaneous Powers of Local Authorities
Pt. VII (ss. 111-146) extended by Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56, SIF 130), ss. 83(2), 219(3)
Miscellaneous
C1C2139 Acceptance of gifts of property.
1
Subject to the provisions of this section a local authority may accept, hold and administer—
a
for the purpose of discharging any of their functions, gifts of property, whether real or personal, made for that purpose; or
b
for the benefit of the inhabitants of their area or of some part of it, gifts made for that purpose;
and may execute any work (including works of maintenance or improvement) incidental to or consequential on the exercise of the powers conferred by this section.
2
Where any such work is executed in connection with a gift made for the benefit of the inhabitants of the area of a local authority or of some part of that area, the cost of executing the work shall be added to any expenditure under section 137 above in computing the limit imposed on that expenditure by subsection (4) of that section.
3
This section shall not authorise the acceptance by a local authority of property which, when accepted, would be held in trust for an ecclesiastical charity or for a charity for the relief of poverty.
4
Nothing in this section shall affect any powers exercisable by a local authority under or by virtue of F1the Education Act 1996.
Pt. VII (ss. 111–146) extended by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 164(2), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58