176GrantsE+W
(1)The Secretary of State may make grants towards expenditure incurred by any person in connection with—
(a)the development of proposals for any provision to be made by regulations under section 163;
(b)the development of schemes which are intended to be certification schemes for the purposes of any provision made or expected to be made in regulations under section 163 by virtue of section 164; or
(c)the development of a register for the purposes of any provision made or expected to be made in regulations under section 163 by virtue of section 165.
(2)A grant under this section may be made on conditions, which may include (among other things)—
(a)conditions as to the purposes for which the grant or any part of it may be used; and
(b)conditions requiring the repayment of the grant or any part of it in such circumstances as may be specified in the conditions.