New Towns and Urban Development Corporations Act 1985

6 Grants to development corporations and Commission

After section 58 of the [1981 c. 64.] New Towns Act 1981 there shall be inserted the following section—

“58A Grants to development corporations and Commission.

(1) For the purpose of enabling a development corporation—

(a) to meet expenditure properly chargeable to capital account and incurred or to be incurred in providing, or in making contributions towards the cost to others of providing, any of the facilities specified in subsection (2) below, or

(b) to make good to revenue account sums applied in meeting liabilities so chargeable and arising out of the provision of any of those facilities,

the Secretary of State may, out of money provided by Parliament, make grants to the corporation of such amount as may be approved by the Treasury.

(2) The facilities referred to in subsection (1) above are the following—

(a) roads, paths, bridges and car parks ;

(b) public open spaces, recreation grounds, play grounds and landscaping;

(c) meeting halls and assembly rooms ;

(d) any other facilities similar to those specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above.

(3) For the purpose of enabling a development corporation to meet expenditure properly chargeable to revenue account the Secretary of State may, out of money provided by Parliament, make grants to the corporation of such amount as may be approved by the Treasury.

(4) For the purpose of enabling the Commission—

(a) to meet expenditure, or liabilities in respect of expenditure, properly chargeable to capital account and incurred or to be incurred in providing, or in making contributions towards the cost to others of providing, any of the facilities specified in subsection (2) above, or

(b) to make good to revenue account sums applied in meeting liabilities so chargeable and arising out of the provision of any of those facilities,

the Secretary of State may, out of money provided by Parliament, make grants to the Commission of such amount as may be approved by the Treasury.

(5) For the purpose of enabling the Commission to meet any housing expenditure the Secretary of State may, out of money provided by Parliament, make grants to the Commission of such amount as may be approved by the Treasury.”