Part I Grants

Grants for particular purposes

6 Supplementary grants for transport purposes.

(1)—(7)

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(8)

In consequence of the introduction of supplementary grants for transport purposes and of the provisions of this Part of this Act relating to rate support grants, the provisions of Part II of Schedule I to this Act shall have effect with respect to certain grants under . . . F2 the M1Transport Act 1968.

F37. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 Specific grants for purposes not covered by rate support grants.

(1)

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(2)(3)

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(4)

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(5)

The provisions of Part III of Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the termination of certain grants for specific purposes, other than highways and public transport.

9 Grants and loans by the Countryside Commission.

(1)

In accordance with arrangements approved by the Secretary of State and the Treasury, the F7Countryside AgencyF8and the Countryside Council for Wales may each give financial assistance by way of grant or loan, or partly in the one way and partly in the other, to any person in respect of expenditure incurred by him in doing anything which, in the opinion of F7the AgencyF9or, as the case may be, the Council, is conducive to the attainment of any of the purposes of the M2Countryside Act 1968 F10, the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 or the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.

(2)

On making a grant or loan under this section the F7Countryside AgencyF11or the Countryside Council for Wales may impose such conditions as they think fit including (in the case of a grant) conditions for repayment in specified circumstances.

(3)

The exercise of the F12the power of the F7Countryside Agency and of the Countryside Council for Wales under this section shall be subject to any directions given to F7the AgencyF13or to the Council by the Secretary of State.

(4)

The provisions of this section shall have effect in place of the provisions of section 5 of the M3Countryside Act 1968 (under which grants may be made only to persons other than public bodies and only in respect of projects approved by the Secretary of State).