36. In section 88A (council tax grants)(1), after subsection (5) insert—
“(6) In the application of this section in relation to Wales, references to the Secretary of State are references to the Welsh Ministers.”.
Section 88A was originally inserted by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c.42), Schedule 5, paragraphs 61 and 79(3). This section 88A and section 88B were substituted for the original section 88A by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c.14), Schedule 10, paragraph 18. The functions of the Secretary of State and the Treasury under section 88A, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales (constituted by the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c.38)) by Article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).