Local Government Act 1974

PART III Existing Grants for Other Specific Purposes

10 No grants shall be paid for the year 1974-75 or any subsequent year under—

(a) section 97 of the [1949 c. 97.] National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (grants to local authorities in respect of expenditure on National Parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty) except in so far as that section provides for grants in respect of expenditure incurred in the exercise of powers under section 89(2) of that Act (derelict land) or of powers of acquiring land, whether by agreement or compulsorily, for the purpose of functions under that section ;

(b) section 98 of that Act (grants to local authorities in respect of expenditure on long-distance routes);

(c) section 9 of the [1966 c. 9.] Rating Act 1966 (grants to rating authorities in respect of rebates afforded by them under existing rate rebate schemes);

(d) section 8 or section 10 of the [1966 c. 42.] Local Government Act 1966 (grants to local authorities in respect of expenditure on public open spaces and port health and airport health functions); or

(e) section 33, section 34 or section 35 of the [1968 c. 41.] Countryside Act 1968 (grants to local authorities and other bodies in respect of expenditure on country parks, including the Lee Valley Regional Park, and the countryside).

11 (1) The Secretary of State may from time to time, by order made by statutory instrument, provide that, with effect from such year as may be specified in the order, no grant shall be paid under any such local authority grant provision as may be so specified or that no grant shall be so paid except in respect of expenditure of a description so specified.

(2) In this paragraph " local authority grant provision " means an enactment providing for the payment of grants to local authorities (within the meaning of the enactment concerned) in respect of expenditure incurred in connection with a specific function.

(3) An order under this paragraph may contain such provisions as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or proper in consequence of the termination of the grants, including provision amending, repealing or revoking, with or without savings, any enactment or instrument made under an enactment.

(4) No order under this paragraph shall have effect unless it is approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.