Part 3Grants etc
Chapter 1Expenditure grant
C131Power to pay grant
1
A Minister of the Crown may pay a grant to a local authority in England towards expenditure incurred or to be incurred by it.
2
A Minister of the Crown, or the National Assembly for Wales, may pay a grant to a local authority in Wales towards expenditure incurred or to be incurred by it.
3
The amount of a grant under this section and the manner of its payment are to be such as the person paying it may determine.
4
A grant under this section may be paid on such conditions as the person paying it may determine.
5
Conditions under subsection (4) may, in particular, include—
a
provision as to the use of the grant;
b
provision as to circumstances in which the whole or part of the grant must be repaid.
6
In the case of a grant to a local authority in England, the powers under this section are exercisable with the consent of the Treasury.
32Application to Greater London Authority
1
For the purposes of section 31, expenditure of a functional body shall be treated as expenditure of the Greater London Authority.
2
The conditions on which grant under section 31 may be paid include, in the case of a grant to the Greater London Authority, a condition requiring the Mayor to transfer the grant to a functional body.
3
A decision to pay a grant under section 31 subject to such a condition as is mentioned in subsection (2) above shall be notified to the functional body concerned as well as to the Greater London Authority.
4
Where a grant paid under section 31 to the Greater London Authority is paid subject to such a condition as is mentioned in subsection (2) above, the Mayor must transfer the grant to the functional body concerned forthwith.
5
Where a grant paid under section 31 to the Greater London Authority is not paid subject to such a condition as is mentioned in subsection (2) above, the Mayor may transfer the grant to a functional body.
6
Where grant under section 31 is transferred under this section to a functional body, any conditions to which the grant is subject shall apply to the transferee instead of the transferor.
7
In this section, “Mayor” means Mayor of London.
33Interpretation of Chapter 1
1
The following are local authorities for the purposes of this Chapter—
a
a county council;
b
a county borough council;
c
a district council;
d
the Greater London Authority;
e
a London borough council;
f
the Common Council of the City of London, in its capacity as a local authority, police authority or port health authority;
g
the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
F3h
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
i
an authority established under section 10 of the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) (waste disposal authorities);
j
a joint authority established by Part 4 of that Act F2(fire and rescue services and transport);
F6ja
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F4jb
an economic prosperity board established under section 88 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;
jc
a combined authority established under section 103 of that Act;
k
a joint planning board constituted for an area in Wales outside a National Park by an order under section 2(1B) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8);
F1l
a fire and rescue authority constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies;
F7la
a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of that Act;
F5m
a police and crime commissioner.
2
In this Chapter—
“functional body” has the same meaning as in the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29);
“Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975 (c. 26).