97Financial provision
(1)There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—
(a)any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State in respect of—
(i)traffic officers designated under Part 1 (including expenditure relating to the provision of financial assistance under section 14 or other expenditure relating to the provision of equipment, accommodation or other facilities);
(ii)the establishment and operation of regional centres for the management of traffic on his road network;
(iii)the provision, for purposes connected with the management of traffic on his road network, of information or advice to the public;
(iv)other activities carried out for purposes connected with the management of traffic on his road network;
(b)any other expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State in consequence or by virtue of this Act;
(c)any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of money so provided by virtue of any other Act.
(2)In this section references to the Secretary of State’s road network are to the network of roads in England for which he is the traffic authority (within the meaning of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984).