(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.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 31 modified (9.2.2017) by The West of England Combined Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/126), arts. 1(3), 7(6)
C2S. 31 modified (8.5.2017) by The West Midlands Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/510), arts. 1(2), 3(6)
C3S. 31 modified (8.5.2017) by The Tees Valley Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/431), arts. 1(2), 3(6)
C4S. 31 modified (8.5.2017) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/612), arts. 1(3), 8(6)
C5S. 31 functions made exercisable concurrently for specified purpose (8.5.2017) by The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/251), arts. 1(3), 7
C6S. 31 functions made exercisable concurrently (8.5.2017) by The Tees Valley Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/431), arts. 1(2), 3(1), (2)
C7S. 31 functions made exercisable (8.5.2017) by The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/430), arts. 1(3), 14(1)
C8S. 31 functions made exercisable concurrently (28.7.2020) by The Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/806), arts. 1, 4
C9S. 31: functions made exercisable concurrently (30.1.2021) by The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/112), arts. 1(2), 17
C10S. 31: functions made exercisable concurrently (with modifications) (20.12.2023) by The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1432), arts. 1(2), 22
C11S. 31(2)-(5) applied (1.4.2023 for specified purposes) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), ss. 33, 34, 208(1); S.I. 2023/227, reg. 3(2)(d) (with reg. 4)