PART 5HOUSING FINANCE

Payments in relation to Housing Revenue Accounts

132Settlement payments

(1)

The Welsh Ministers may make a determination providing for the calculation of the amount of a payment in relation to each local housing authority that keeps a Housing Revenue Account.

(2)

A payment of the type mentioned in subsection (1) is referred to in this Part as a “settlement payment”.

(3)

A determination under this section may provide for all or part of the amount to be calculated in accordance with a formula or formulae.

(4)

In determining a formula for this purpose, the Welsh Ministers may include variables framed by reference to such matters as they consider appropriate.

(5)

A determination under this section may provide that the effect of the calculation in relation to a local housing authority is that—

(a)

a settlement payment must be made by the Welsh Ministers to the local housing authority,

(b)

a settlement payment must be made by the local housing authority to the Welsh Ministers, or

(c)

the amount of a settlement payment in relation to that authority is nil.

(6)

Subsections (3), (4) and (5) do not limit the generality of the power conferred by subsection (1).