Local Government Act 1958

4 Certain grants to be discontinued

(1) None of the grants to which this section applies shall be payable for the year 1959-60 or any part of that year, or for a subsequent year.

(2) This section applies to:—

(a) the grants payable under subsection (2) of section seventeen of the Ministry of Transport Act, 1919, in respect of the salary and establishment charges of highway engineers and surveyors;

(b) the grants payable under subsection (3) of section fifty-seven of the Road Traffic Act, 1930 (which relates to weighbridges and other weighing-machines for vehicles);

(c) the grants issuable out of the Redemption Annuities Account, towards making good the loss of income of rating authorities occasioned by the extinguishment or reduction of tithe rent charge, under paragraph (e) of subsection (4) of section twenty-five of the Tithe Act, 1936;

(d) the grants payable under section one hundred and one of the Education Act, 1944, to local education authorities for areas in Wales and Monmouthshire;

(e) the grants payable under section eleven of the Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 ;

(f) the grants payable under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section twenty-four of the Vehicles (Excise) Act, 1949 (which provides for grants representing the amounts which if the Roads Act, 1920, had not been passed would have been received by local and police authorities on account of fees or charges for the licensing of mechanically propelled hackney carriages not being public service vehicles);

(g) the grants payable under subsection (5) of section twenty-nine of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, towards the repayment of sums paid by way of compensation in respect of milk which is infected or suspected of being infected.