A local authority may lend to another authority mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) below, on such terms as may be agreed between them, such sums as that other authority may require for any purpose for which that other authority are authorised to borrow money by or under this Act or any other enactment; and they may also lend such sums as they consider appropriate to a community council established for their area or any part thereof, on such terms as may be agreed between them.

The authorities to whom sums may be lent under sub-paragraph (1) above are any authority to which section 118 of the Act of 1973 applies or any other public authority approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this paragraph.

A local authority may make loans to a harbour authority for a harbour wholly or partly situated within the area of the local authority, on such terms as may be agreed between them, for any purpose for which the harbour authority are authorised to borrow money.

In this paragraph “harbour” and “harbour authority” have the same meanings as in the M1Harbours Act 1964.