(1)Section 59 of the Justices of the M1Peace Act 1979 (grants by Secretary of State to responsible authorities) shall be amended in accordance with this section.
(2)In subsection (1), in paragraph (a) the words “or this Part” shall be omitted and at the end of the subsection there shall be added “and
(c)of their functions under this Part of this Act or, in the case of the Receiver, his corresponding functions”.
(3)In subsection (3) after the word “section” there shall be inserted “ towards the net cost to a responsible authority in any year of the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) above ” and for the words from “the expenditure” onwards there shall be substituted “ that net cost ”.
(4)After subsection (4) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(4A)In determining the amount of the grant towards the net cost of the functions referred to in subsection (1)(c) above, the Secretary of State may disregard, in whole or in part, such items of expenditure as he thinks fit.”
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