Part V Miscellaneous and General

Miscellaneous financial provisions

92 Grants by local authorities.

(1)

The council of a county, district, county borough F1London borough, parish or community may make grants to any police authority established under section 3 whose police area falls wholly or partly within the F1council’s area.

(2)

The council of a London borough, county, F2district or parish which falls wholly or partly within the metropolitan police district may make grants for police purposes to the F3Metropolitan Police Authority.

(3)

Grants under this section may be made unconditionally or, with the agreement of the chief officer of police for the police area concerned, subject to conditions.

(4)

This section applies to the Council of the Isles of Scilly as it applies to a county council.

93 Acceptance of gifts and loans.

(1)

A police authority may, in connection with the discharge of any of its functions, accept gifts of money, and gifts or loans of other property, on such terms as appear to the authority to be appropriate.

(2)

The terms on which gifts or loans are accepted under subsection (1) may include terms providing for the commercial sponsorship of any activity of the police authority or of the police force maintained by it.

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94 Financing of new police authorities.

(1)

The Secretary of State may make grants to any police authority established under section 3 in respect of expenditure incurred (or to be incurred) by it at any time before the beginning of its first precepting year.

(2)

Without prejudice to any other powers to borrow, a police authority established under section 3 may borrow by way of temporary loan or overdraft from a bank or otherwise any sums which it may require for the purpose of meeting its expenditure before the beginning of its first precepting year.

(3)

The sums borrowed by an authority under this section shall not exceed such amount as the Secretary of State may determine, and shall be repaid before the end of its first precepting year.

(4)

For the purposes of this section the “first precepting year” of a police authority is the financial year in which revenue is first received by it as a result of a precept issued by it under Part I of the M1Local Government Finance Act 1992.

95F5The City of London police Fund.

There shall be paid out of F6. . . the City of London police fund F7. . .any expenditure incurred under this Act in respect of—

(a)

any special constables appointed for F6. . . the City of London police area; and

(b)

any police cadets appointed in relation to F6. . . the City of London police force.