Contributions by Department to district councilsN.I.
19.—(1) The Department may make, subject to paragraph (2), a contribution towards the following expenses of any district council, that is to say—
(a)any expenses incurred in making the payments under Article 18(1);
(b)any expenses incurred in carrying out adaptations required by notices under Article 18(3) in or in connection with dwellings which are not new dwellings;
(c)any expenses incurred in making, in or in connection with private dwellings owned by or under the control of the council, not being new dwellings, adaptations to avoid contraventions of Article 17.
(2) Expenses shall not be taken into account under paragraph (1) unless they are approved by the Department.
(3) A contribution under paragraph (1) in respect of any expenses shall be a single payment equal—
(a)in relation to expenses of the kind mentioned in paragraph (1)( a), to four-sevenths of the amount of the expenses;
(b)in relation to expenses of the kind mentioned in paragraph (1)( b), to four-sevenths of the amount arrived at by deducting from the expenses incurred under Article 12(10) the amount recoverable under Article 12(11);
(c)in relation to expenses of the kind referred to in paragraph (1)( c), to two-fifths of the amount of the expenses.