This order revokes the Local Government (Supplementary Grants for Transport Purposes Specified Descriptions) (Wales) Order 1981 and makes new provision specifying descriptions of expenditure for which supplementary grants for transport purposes shall be paid respectively in England and Wales under the provisions of section 6 of the Local Government Act 1974 from 1st April 1985 onwards.
In England the descriptions relate only to capital expenditure on highways and the regulation of traffic. In Wales the descriptions relate only to capital expenditure on public transport, highways and the regulation of traffic.
The order also makes amendments to section 6 of the 1974 Act which are consequential upon the specification in the order of descriptions of expenditure.