Part II Local Authority Functions

16 Provisions supplementary to section 15.

(1)

Without prejudice to the generality of their powers under section 15 of this Act, F1a local authority may, for the purposes of their functions under subsection (2) of that section—

(a)

provide entertainment of any kind;

F2(b)

maintain a body for the promotion of a recreational, sporting, cultural or social activity;

(c)

permit any facility provided by the F3authority under the said section 15 to be run by another person on such conditions (including conditions as to the charges if any)—

(i)

to be imposed on the person in respect of the rights thereby enjoyed by him; or

(ii)

which may be imposed by the person on members of the public for admission to, or use or enjoyment of, that facility, as the authority think fit;

(d)

use for the purposes of an entertainment provided, or a recreational, sporting, cultural or social activity provided or promoted, by them any facility (or any part thereof) provided by them under the said section 15;

(e)

charge for admission to any facility provided by them under the said section 15 or for admission to or participation in, and for any programme supplied at or in connection with, any such entertainment or activity as is mentioned in paragraph (d) above;

(f)

accept the right to manage and control a park devoted or partly devoted to public use from the owner of that park or from any other person entitled to transmit that right;

(g)

enter into an agreement with the owner of any park or with any other person whereby—

(i)

access to the park for the public is obtained or enhanced; or

(ii)

provision is made for management and control of the park by the F3authority;

(h)

let as a shop, stall or restaurant a building in a park under their management and control;

(i)

set apart some of any such park for any purpose which they consider appropriate having regard to their functions under the foregoing provisions of this section and under the said section 15;

(j)

do anything necessary to defend a public right in any park; or

(k)

conduct, either by themselves or in collaboration with a voluntary organisation or other person, a competition in connection with a sporting or recreational activity; and with regard to that competition—

(i)

paragraph (e) above shall apply as it applies to any such entertainment or activity as is mentioned in paragraph (d) above; and

(ii)

the F3authority may provide trophies and prizes.

(2)

Without prejudice to the generality of their powers under section 15 of this Act, F4a local authority may contribute—

(a)

by way of grant or loan towards expenses incurred, or to be incurred, as regards recreational, sporting, cultural or social facilities or activities by a voluntary organisation or other person, not being a local authority, in providing or maintaining such facilities (or, as the case may be, in providing or promoting such activities) if the F5authority have powers themselves, under the said section 15 or under the foregoing provisions of this section, to provide such facilities or activities;

(b)

by way of grant towards expenses incurred, or to be incurred, by another local authority in providing or maintaining any such facility or in providing or promoting any such activity;

(c)

by way of grant towards expenses incurred, or to be incurred, by a harbour authority (within the meaning of the M1Harbours Act 1964) in providing, maintaining, managing or improving a harbour which is used (or is to be used) wholly or partly for sporting or recreational purposes; or

(d)

towards the cost of maintaining a park owned by another person and to which the public are afforded access for recreation.