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13 Exchequer contributions. E+W+S

(1)The Minister may, out of moneys provided by Parliament, make a contribution towards the following expenses of any local authority, that is to say—

(a)any expenses of the local authority in making . . . F1 payments under subsection (1) of the last preceding section . . . F1;

(b)any expenses incurred by them in making, in or in connection with private dwellings owned by them or under their control, not being new dwellings, adptations to avoid contraventions of section eleven of this Act; and

(c)any expenses incurred by them in carrying out adaptations required by notices under subsection (2) of the last preceding section in or in connection with dwellings which are not new dwellings:

Provided that no expenses shall be taken into account under this subsection unless they are approved by the Minister.

(2)A contribution under subsection (1) of this section in respect of any expenses shall be a single payment equal, in the case of expenses mentioned in paragraph (a) of that subsection, to four-sevenths, and, in the case of other expenses, to two-fifths, of the amount of the expenses.

Textual Amendments

F1Words repealed by Housing Act 1964 (c. 56), s. 95(6), Sch. 5 except for the purposes of the application of para (a) to expenses incurred before 16.8.1964

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 13 amended by Housing Act 1964 (c. 56), s. 95; extended by Clean Air Act 1968 (c. 62), s. 8(8), excluded by ibid., s. 11(1)