PART IIIAdministration and Finance

Finance, accounts and annual report

42Finance of land acquisition, management, etc.

(1)Any capital payments made by the Minister in acquiring land under section 39 above, and any expenses of the Minister in the acquisition of land thereunder, shall be defrayed out of the Forestry Fund.

(2)Where land acquired by the Minister under section 39 is for the time being placed at the disposal of the Commissioners.—

(a)any rent or other outgoings payable in respect of the land by the Minister shall be defrayed out of the Forestry Fund; and

(b)any sums received by the Minister from the letting of the land or the grant of any interest or right in or over it shall be paid into that Fund.

(3)Where land acquired by the Minister under section 39 is not for the time being placed at the disposal of the Commissioners, the expenses of the Minister in managing and using the land, including any rent or other outgoings payable by him in respect of the land, shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament, and—

(a)any sums received by him from the letting or use of the land, or the grant of any interest or right in or over it, shall be paid into the Exchequer; and

(b)the Minister shall pay into the Forestry Fund out of moneys provided by Parliament such periodical sums (if any) in respect of the land as may be determined by the Treasury.

(4)Any capital sums received by the Minister from the sale, lease or exchange of land acquired by him under section 39 shall be paid into the Forestry Fund.