In section 48 of the M1Local Government Act 1985 (grants to voluntary organisations), after subsection (4) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(4A)The Secretary of State may by order provide that if—
(a)a scheme requires the total expenditure to be incurred under the scheme in any financial year—
(i)in the making of grants; and
(ii)in the discharging by the designated council of its functions under the scheme,
to be approved in accordance with the scheme by some or all of the constituent councils; and
(b)the total expenditure to be incurred in any financial year is not approved as required by the scheme before such date as may be specified in relation to that financial year in the order,
the constituent councils shall be deemed, subject to any order which has been or may be made under subsection (5) below, all to have given their approval for that financial year to total expenditure of an amount equal to the amount that was approved or, as the case may be, deemed to have been approved for the preceding financial year.”
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