Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980

Part VII E+W+S Miscellaneous Grants

Grants in respect of rate rebates for disabled E+W+S

69 Grants in respect of rebates under the Rating (Disabled Persons) Act 1978. E+W+S

(1) For the year beginning with 1st April 1979 and each subsequent year the Secretary of State shall pay out of money provided by Parliament to any authority granting rebates under the M1 Rating (Disabled Persons) Act 1978 in that year a grant equal to 90 per cent. of the aggregate amount of the rebates so granted, excluding any additional amount granted by virtue of. . . F1 section 4(7) of that Act. . . F1 .

[F2 (1A) Subject to subsection (1B) below, no grant shall be paid to any authority in respect of any rebates granted by that authority on or after 1st April 1995.

(1B) A grant shall be payable to any authority granting rebates under the said Act of 1978 in respect of non-domestic water and sewerage rates for the year beginning with 1st April 1995.]

(2) Payments of grant under this section shall be made at such times as the Secretary of State may with the consent of the Treasury determine.

[F2 (2A) Subsections (1A) and (1B) above extend to Scotland only.]

(3) In section 1(2) of the M2 Local Government Act 1974 (amount available for grants to local authorities) after the words “section 8 below", in each place where they occur, there shall be inserted the words “ or section 69 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 ”.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words repealed (E.W.) by S.I. 1990/776, art. 3(1), Sch. 1

F2 S. 69(1A)(1B)(2A) inserted (S.) (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 158(a)(b); S.I. 1994/3150, art. 4(a), Sch. 1

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of ss. 24, 25(1)–(3)(5), 26(4), 27, 32, 46 61(4A), 68(2), 69(3), 92(1)—(4)(6)—(8), 112, 114, 118, 131(3), 145, 155(1), 173, 174, 175(1), 176, 180, 181(1)–(3), 183, 92(1)–(4)(6)–(8), 184(1)(2), 186, 191, 193, 194 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M1 1978 c. 40.

M2 1974 c. 7

Grants for caravan sites E+W+S

[F3 70 Grants in respect of caravan sites for gipsies E+W+S

(1) This section applies to expenditure of a capital nature incurred by any local authority under section 24 of the M3 Caravan Sites and Cintrol of Development Act 1960 (provision of caravan sites by local authorities) in respect of caravan sites provided for the accommodation of [F4 gipsies]][F4 persons to whom subsection (8A) of that section applies]

(2) The Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, make out money provided by Parliament grants in respect of expenditure which, in his opinion, is expenditure to which this section applies.

(3) Any grants under this section shall be made on such terms and conditions (if any) as the Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, determine.

(4) In this section—

• “caravan” has the meaning assigned to it by the M4 Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 [F5 ; and

• “gipsy” has the meaning assigned to it by the M5 Caravan Sites Act 1968.]

Textual Amendments

F3 S. 70 repealed (E.W.) (3.11.1994) by 1994 c. 33, ss. 80(5), 172(4) (with s. 80(5))

F4 Words from “persons" to “applies" substituted (S.) for “gipsies" by Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 43, SIF 81:2), s. 66(1), Sch. 3 para. 41(a)

F5 Definition of “gipsy" and the word “and"immediately preceding it repealed (S.) by Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 43, SIF 81:2), s. 66(1), Sch. 3 para. 41(b), Sch. 4 Pt. I

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 S. 70 amended (28.11.1994) by S.I. 1994/2825, reg. 54

Marginal Citations

M3 1960 c. 62 (46:3).

M4 1960 c. 62 (46:3).

M5 1968 c. 52 (46:3).