Local Government Act 1985

7 Where under section 230 of the principal Act a local authority to which the Greater London Council or a metropolitan county council has power to make a grant or to give relevant assistance is required by the Secretary of State to furnish him with any information for the purposes of the principal section and that information is not furnished within a reasonable time, the Secretary of State may exercise his power under paragraph 2(2) above to direct the appropriate residuary body to demand and recover from the authority an amount determined by him on such assumptions as to the making of grants or the giving of relevant assistance to the authority as he thinks appropriate and that amount, together with interest thereon from such date as he may determine, shall be recoverable under paragraph 2 above accordingly.