The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998 No. 562

PART II E+W+S CLAIMS FOR AND PAYMENT OF SUBSIDY

[F1 Requirement to keep records and provide information E+W+S

5.— (1) The second condition is that the authority submitting a claim shall–

(a) provide to the Secretary of State the information referred to in paragraph (2) [F2 in written or electronic form]; and

(b) keep and, where the Secretary of State requires it or it is otherwise appropriate to do so, produce records [F3 in written or electronic form] with a bearing on that claim.

(2) The information referred to in this paragraph is such information as the Secretary of State requires, or as may otherwise be necessary, to satisfy him that–

[F4 (za) in relation to an authority in England, the claim is in accordance with the report of factual findings and with the relevant articles of this Order;]

(a) [F5 in relation to an authority in Wales or Scotland,] the claim is [F6 fairly stated and in accordance with the relevant articles of this Order]; and

(b) any subsidy claimed or paid for the relevant year or for an earlier year has been properly claimed or paid in accordance with the provision of this Order or, as the case may be, the previous Orders.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 5 substituted (14.12.1998) by The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2865) , arts. 1(1) , 3

F2 Words in art. 5(1)(a) inserted (5.2.2007) by Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Electronic Communications) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/26), arts. 1(1), 2(5)(a)

F3 Words in art. 5(1)(b) inserted (5.2.2007) by Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Electronic Communications) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/26), arts. 1(1), 2(5)(b)

F4 Art. 5(2)(za) inserted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/985), arts. 1(1), 5(4)(a)

F5 Words in art. 5(2)(a) inserted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/985), arts. 1(1), 5(4)(b)

F6 Words in art. 5(2)(a) substituted (5.2.2007) by Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Electronic Communications) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/26), arts. 1(1), 2(5)(c)