Part 3Grants etc

Chapter 1Expenditure grant

C1C6C5C7C2C4C3C8C9C11C1231Power 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.

C102

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.

C103

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.

C104

A grant under this section may be paid on such conditions as the person paying it may determine.

C105

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.