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 F2police and crime commissioner whose police area falls wholly or partly within the F1council’s area.

(2)

The council of a London borough, county, F3district or parish which falls wholly or partly within the metropolitan police district may make grants F4... to the F5Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime.

(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 F6local policing body 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 F7the body 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 F8local policing body or of the police force maintained by it.

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94 Financing of new F10police and crime commissioners .

(1)

The Secretary of State may make grants to any F11police and crime commissioner in respect of expenditure incurred (or to be incurred) by F12the commissioner at any time before the beginning of its first precepting year.

(2)

Without prejudice to any other powers to borrow, a F13police and crime commissioner may borrow by way of temporary loan or overdraft from a bank or otherwise any sums which F14the commissioner may require for the purpose of meeting F15the commissioner's expenditure before the beginning of F15the commissioner's first precepting year.

(3)

The sums borrowed by F16a commissioner under this section shall not exceed such amount as the Secretary of State may determine, and shall be repaid before the end of F17the commissioner's first precepting year.

(4)

For the purposes of this section the “first precepting year” of F18a police and crime commissioner is the financial year in which revenue is first received by F19the commissioner as a result of a precept issued by F19the commissioner under Part I of the M1Local Government Finance Act 1992.

95F20The City of London police Fund.

There shall be paid out of F21. . . the City of London police fund F22. . .any expenditure incurred under this Act in respect of—

(a)

any special constables appointed for F21. . . the City of London police area; and

(b)

any police cadets appointed in relation to F21. . . the City of London police force.

F2395ACharging of fees by College of Policing

(1)

The College of Policing may charge fees for providing services of a public nature only if—

(a)

the services are of a specified description and are provided with a view to promoting the efficiency, effectiveness or professionalism of the police, and

(b)

the fees are of a specified amount or are determined in a specified manner.

(2)

In this section “specified” means specified in an order made by the Secretary of State.

(3)

A statutory instrument containing an order under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.