88 Transport grants: supplementary.E+W
(1)This section applies for the purposes of section 87 above.
(2)Each of the following is a defined council—
(a)a county council,
F1[(aa)a county borough council,][F2and]
(b)a metropolitan district council,
F3(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F3(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)A council’s relevant transport expenditure for a financial year is the expenditure it calculates it incurred in the year in connection with—
(a)highways or the regulation of traffic (where the council is English), or
(b)highways, the regulation of traffic or public transport (where the council is Welsh).
(4)But in making the calculation expenditure shall be left out of account unless, at the time the calculation is made, it is [F4 capital expenditure for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Local Government Act 2003 (capital finance)].
(5)A council’s estimated relevant transport expenditure for a financial year is the expenditure it estimates it will incur in the year in connection with—
(a)highways or the regulation of traffic (where the council is English), or
(b)highways, the regulation of traffic or public transport (where the council is Welsh).
(6)But in making the estimate expenditure shall be left out of account unless, at the time the estimate is made, it is [F5capital expenditure for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Local Government Act 2003 (capital finance)].
Textual Amendments
F1S. 88(2)(aa) inserted (3.4.1995) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 85 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/852, art. 9(1), Sch. 5 (with art. 9(2)-(5))
F2Word in S. 88(2)(aa) inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 159(8)(a) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3
F3S. 88(2)(c)(d) repealed (15.7.2003) by Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29), ss. 159(8)(b)(9), 425(2), Sch. 34 Pt. II (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2003/1920, art. 2(f)(h)
F4Words in s. 88(4) substituted (27.11.2003 for W. for the purpose of and in relation to financial years beginning on or after 1.4.2004, 1.4.2004 for E.) by Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26), s. 128(6), Sch. 7 para. 18; S.I. 2003/2938, art. 7(a) (with art. 8, Sch.); S.I. 2003/3034, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I
F5Words in s. 88(6) substituted (27.11.2003 for W. for the purpose of and in relation to financial years beginning on or after 1.4.2004, 1.4.2004 for E.) by Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26), s. 128(6), Sch. 7 para. 18; S.I. 2003/2938, art. 7(a) (with art. 8, Sch.); S.I. 2003/3034, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I