117 Expenses of Secretary of State.E+W
(1)Where the Secretary of State has by order under section 116(2) above transferred functions to himself, any expenses incurred by him in discharging those functions shall be paid in the first instance out of moneys provided by Parliament, but the amount of those expenses as certified by the Secretary of State—
(a)shall be paid to him by the body in default on demand, and
(b)is recoverable by him from it as a debt due to the Crown,
and that body has the like power of raising the money required as it has of raising money for defraying expenses incurred directly by it.
(2)The payment of such expenses as aforesaid is, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Secretary of State, a purpose for which a local authority or joint board may borrow money in accordance with the statutory provisions relating to borrowing by such an authority or board.