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(1)A county council or a town council may with the approval of the Secretary of State make any payment for any purpose which in the opinion of the council is in the interests of the council or of the area of the council or any part thereof or of the inhabitants thereof:
Provided that—
(a)the total payments so made by a council in any one year shall not exceed the produce of a rate of two pence per pound on the rateable valuation of the area of the council; and
(b)nothing in this subsection shall apply to any payment for any purpose in pursuance of any power otherwise competent to the council under any enactment or statutory order.
(2)The total payments which may be made in any year by a county council under this section shall be calculated by reference only to the landward area of the county.
(3)Any payment made under this section shall be defrayed as part of such branch or branches of expenditure as the council may determine, having regard to the purpose for which the payment is made, so however that a county council may not treat any such payment as part of a branch of expenditure for the purpose of which any burgh is included within the county.
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