Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997

80 Financial provisions. S

(1) Where—

(a) compensation is payable by a planning authority under this Act in consequence of any decision or order given or made under any provision of this Act other than sections 25 to 27, 42, 43(1) to (3), 44 to 52, 57, 58, 59(2) and (3), 61 to 64, 66, 67(1) to (4), (10) and (11) and 68 to 83, and

(b) that decision or order was given or made wholly or partly in the interest of a service which is provided by a government department and the cost of which is defrayed out of money provided by Parliament,

the Minister responsible for the administration of that service may pay that authority a contribution of such amount as he may with the consent of the Treasury determine.

(2) Any local authority and any statutory undertakers may contribute towards any expenses incurred by a planning authority in or in connection with the performance of any of their functions under the provisions of sections 1 to 24, 28 to 47, 50, 53, 54, 56, 59, 77 and 78 and Schedules 1 and 2.

(3) In the application of subsection (2) to a local authority, “planning authority” means a planning authority other than that local authority.

(4) Any expenses incurred by a planning authority under sections 28 to 30 and 42 to 47 in pursuance of a listed building purchase notice or in the acquisition of land under this Act for the purposes of any function of that authority shall be defrayed in the same manner as other expenses incurred by that authority for the purposes of that function.

(5) Subsections (3) and (4) of section 261 of the principal Act (borrowing by authorities for purposes of the principal Act) shall apply for the purposes of this Act as they apply for the purposes of that Act.

(6) There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—

(a) any sums necessary to enable the Secretary of State to make any payments becoming payable by him under sections 25 and 26,

(b) any expenses incurred by any government department including the Secretary of State in the acquisition of land under sections 42 to 47 or in the payment of compensation under section 46(4) or 78(4) or under subsection (1),

(c) any sums necessary to enable the Secretary of State to make grants or loans under sections 69 and 72, and

(d) any administrative expenses incurred by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Act.

(7) Any sums received by the Secretary of State under this Act shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 80(2) applied (with modifications) (1.10.2015) by The Planning (Listed Building Consent and Conservation Area Consent Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/243), regs. 1, 15, sch. 3 (with reg. 2)