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(1)The Secretary of State may out of moneys provided by Parliament pay to the responsible authorities grants towards the net cost to them in any year—
(a)of their functions under Part II . . . F1of this Act, or under any such regulations as are mentioned in subsection (2) below, or, in the case of the Receiver, his corresponding functions; and
(b)of making payments under section 12 or section 53 of this Act [F2and
(c)of their functions under this Part of this Act or, in the case of the Receiver, his corresponding functions]
(2)The regulations referred to in subsection (1)(a) above are any regulations made, or having effect as if made, under section 7 of the M1Superannuation Act 1972 with respect to persons appointed or deemed to have been appointed as justices’ clerks, or employed by a magistrates’ courts committee to assist a justices’ clerk, under Part III of the Justices of the M2Peace Act 1949 or under Part III of this Act.
(3)The amount of any grant under this section [F3towards the net cost to a responsible authority in any year of the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) above]shall not exceed 80 per cent. of [F4that net cost].
(4)The Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Treasury, may by statutory instrument make regulations as to the manner in which income and expenditure of responsible authorities are to be taken into account in determining the net cost to them in any year of the matters mentioned in subsection (1) above; and for the purposes of this section any question as to that cost shall (subject to any such regulations) be determined by the Secretary of State.
[F5(4A)In determining the amount of the grant towards the net cost of the functions referred to in subsection (1)(c) above, the Secretary of State may disregard, in whole or in part, such items of expenditure as he thinks fit]
(5)Grants under this section shall be paid at such times, in such manner and subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State may with the approval of the Treasury determine.
(6)In this section “responsible authority” means any of the following, namely, the council of a non-metropolitan county [F6, metropolitan district or outer London borough], the Corporation of the City of London and the Receiver.
Textual Amendments
F1Words omitted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c.42, SIF 81:1), ss. 189(2), 194(4), Sch. 12 Pt. II
F2S. 59(1)(c) and word “and” added by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c.42, SIF 81:1), ss. 189(2), 194(4), Sch. 12 Pt. II
F3Words inserted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c.42, SIF 81:1), s. 189(3)
F4Words substituted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c.42, SIF 81:1), s. 189(3)
F5S. 59(4A) inserted after subsection (4) by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c.42, SIF 81:1), s. 189(4)
F6Words substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c.51, SIF 81:1), s. 12(10)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 59 modified by S.I. 1985/1383, art. 5(4)
C2S. 59 extended by S.I. 1986/399, art. 9(6)
C3S. 59(4) modified by Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c.27, SIF 107:1), s. 145(5), Sch. 12 para. 4(5)(b)
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