SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 4 Revenue Support Grants
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1
The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of a financial year shall be such local authorities as are specified by order made by the Secretary of State.
2
The amount of revenue support grant payable in respect of a financial year to a local authority so specified shall be such amount as is determined in relation to the local authority by order made by the Secretary of State.
3
The Secretary of State may at any time by order amend or revoke any order made under this paragraph and any amount of revenue support grant which has been paid and which, in consequence of anything done under this paragraph, falls to be repaid may be recovered by the Secretary of State whenever and however he thinks fit.
2
1
An order under paragraph 1 above shall be made only with the consent of the Treasury.
2
Before making an order under paragraph 1 above the Secretary of State shall consult such associations of local authorities as appear to him to be appropriate.
3
An order under paragraph 1 above together with a report of the considerations which led to its provisions shall be laid before the Commons House of Parliament but shall have no effect until approved by a resolution of that House.
Payment of revenue support grant
4
Revenue support grant shall be paid to a local authority in such instalments and at such times as the Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, determine.
5
The Secretary of State may determine that the amount of revenue support grant which has been paid to a local authority in respect of a financial year shall be final and, where he does so, he shall have no power to redetermine that amount.
Secretary of State’s power on local authority’s failure to provide information
6
Where under section 199 of the M1Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (which provides for reports and returns being made by local authorities and others) the Secretary of State requires a local authority to give information for the purposes of his functions in relation to revenue support grants payable for the financial year 1989-90 or for any financial year thereafter, but that information is not given timeously, he may make an estimate as regards any element of the required information; and, without prejudice to section 211 of that Act (which makes general provision concerning failure by a local authority to do what is required of them), for the said purposes such estimate shall be deemed information given by the local authority.