Justices of the Peace Act 1979

59 Grants by Secretary of State to responsible authorities

(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 or this Part of 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.

(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 [1972 c. 11.] Superannuation 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 [1949 c. 101.] Justices of the Peace Act 1949 or under Part II of this Act.

(3) The amount of any grant under this section shall not exceed 80 per cent, of the expenditure in respect of which it is made.

(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.

(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 or metropolitan district, the Greater London Council, the Corporation of the City of London and the Receiver.