Part VI Miscellaneous Powers of Local Authorities

Miscellaneous

85 Acceptance of gifts of property.

A local authority may accept, hold and administer—

(a)

for the purpose of discharging any of their functions, gifts of property, whether heritable or moveable, made for that purpose; or

(b)

for the benefit of the inhabitants of their area or of some part of it, gifts made for that purpose;

and may execute any work (including works of maintenance or improvement) incidental to or consequential on the exercise of the powers conferred by this section.