6.—(1) The Department may make grants to the Arts Council.
(2) The Department may attach—
(a)such conditions as it thinks appropriate for securing the proper management and control of money received by the Arts Council under paragraph (1);
(b)such other conditions as the Department thinks necessary in the public interest,
to grants made to the Arts Council under paragraph (1).
(3) The Department shall not exercise its powers under paragraph (2)(b) with the intention of interfering with the exercise of the Arts Council’s artistic judgment in deciding whether to provide financial assistance to any person or body in any particular case.
(4) The Arts Council shall provide the Department with such information relating to the allocation or expenditure of money received by it under paragraph (1) as the Department may require.