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Local Employment Act 1970

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4Grants towards costs incurred in connection with certain improvement work on derelict land begun before the commencement of this Act

(1)Where, in the case of land in an intermediate area or a derelict land clearance area.—

(a)the council of the county, county borough or county district in which the land is situated have carried out work on the land for the purpose of enabling it to be brought into use or of improving its appearance; and

(b)it appears to the Minister of Housing and Local Government that, before the work was begun, the land was derelict, neglected or unsightly; and

(c)it appears to the Minister that bringing the land into use or improving its appearance has contributed or is likely to contribute to the development of industry in the area;

then, provided that the work was begun on the land after 24th April 1969 and before the commencement of this Act, the Minister of Housing and Local Government may, with the consent of the Treasury, make, out of moneys provided by Parliament, grants to the council—

(i)towards any cost incurred by the council in acquiring the land, and any other land acquired by the council for the purpose of enabling the first-mentioned land to be brought into use or of improving its appearance;

(ii)towards the cost of the carrying out by the council for that purpose of any work on the first-mentioned land or on any other land.

(2)In this section "land " includes land covered with water.

(3)In the application of this section to land in Scotland or in Wales or Monmouthshire, for any reference to the Minister of Housing and Local Government there shall be substituted a reference to the Secretary of State; and, in the application of this section to land in Scotland, for any reference to the council of the county, county borough or county district in which the land is situated there shall be substituted a reference to any local authority, as defined for the purposes of the [1947 c. 43.] Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947, within whose area the land is situated.

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