22 Grants under section 20: supplementary.E+W
(1)The conditions subject to which any sums are paid to a probation committee under section 20(2)(b) may include conditions for securing the repayment in whole or part of the sums received by the committee if the hostel in question ceases to be used as such.
(2)The conditions subject to which any sums are paid to any society or person under section 20(2)(c) may include conditions for securing the repayment in whole or part of the sums received by the society or person—
(a)where the sums are paid in respect of a bail hostel, if it ceases to be used as such;
(b)where the sums are paid in respect of an approved probation hostel, if it ceases to be approved;
and the managers and any persons who are trustees of any property of the hostel may, notwithstanding anything in the constitution of the hostel or of the managers thereof or in the trusts (if any) to which any such property is subject, accept such sums on those conditions and exercise all powers necessary to fulfil them.
(3)The Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, make regulations providing for the deduction from any sums which would otherwise be paid to local authorities under section 20 of this Act or under the M1Children and Young Persons Act 1933, of such amounts as may be prescribed by the regulations in respect of expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State—
(a)in the training of probation officers or persons serving in approved bail hostels or approved probation hostels (or the training of persons for appointment as probation officers or to serve in such hostels);
(b)in making any payments under section 20(2)(c) or (e);
(c)in making payments under section 20(2)(f) in respect of expenditure incurred in the training of persons serving in approved bail hostels or approved probation hostels (or the training of persons for appointment to serve in such hostels);
but the sums to be deducted in respect of any such expenditure shall not exceed half that expenditure.