Section 134 – Additional provision about payments
235.Payments made under this Part must be made in such instalments, at such times and in accordance with arrangements determined by the Welsh Ministers. A payment by a local housing authority must be accompanied by whatever information the Welsh Ministers may require.
236.The Welsh Ministers may charge a local housing authority interest, and for any additional costs incurred, in the event of a late payment made under this Part.
237.A settlement payment and a further payment made by, or to, a local housing authority under Sections 132 and 133 is to be treated as “capital expenditure” or “capital receipt” for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Local Government and Housing Act 2003.
238.Schedule 4 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 is amended so as to enable the interest and other additional costs charged under Section 134 (3) and (4) to be treated as a debit transaction in a local housing authority’s Housing Revenue Account.