Part 3Grants etc
Chapter 1Expenditure grant
C1C6C5C7C2C4C331Power to pay grant
1
A Minister of the Crown may pay a grant to a local authority in England towards expenditure incurred or to be incurred by it.
2
A Minister of the Crown, or the National Assembly for Wales, may pay a grant to a local authority in Wales towards expenditure incurred or to be incurred by it.
3
The amount of a grant under this section and the manner of its payment are to be such as the person paying it may determine.
4
A grant under this section may be paid on such conditions as the person paying it may determine.
5
Conditions under subsection (4) may, in particular, include—
a
provision as to the use of the grant;
b
provision as to circumstances in which the whole or part of the grant must be repaid.
6
In the case of a grant to a local authority in England, the powers under this section are exercisable with the consent of the Treasury.