SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 27 Further amendments relating to metropolitan police etc

Grants for expenditure concerning safeguarding national security

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1

Section 48 of the M1Police Act 1996 (power of Secretary of State to make grants in respect of expenditure in connection with safeguarding national security) shall be amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)(b), for “Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District” there shall be substituted “ Metropolitan Police Authority ”.

3

After subsection (3) there shall be inserted—

4

Any grant by virtue of subsection (1)(b) shall be paid to the Greater London Authority.

5

Where the Greater London Authority receives a grant under this section, it shall forthwith account for the grant to the Metropolitan Police Authority and pay it over to that Authority.