Transport (Scotland) Act 2001

Grants for transport-related purposes

70Grants for transport-related purposes

(1)The Scottish Ministers may make grants to any persons for any purposes relating to transport.

(2)Grants under this section shall be of such amount and subject to such conditions (including conditions requiring their repayment in specified circumstances) as the Scottish Ministers may determine.

(3)A determination under subsection (2) above may be made either generally or in relation to particular cases or classes of case.

(4)If in any financial year the power conferred by subsection (1) above is exercised, the Scottish Ministers shall, not later than three months after the end of the financial year, lay before the Scottish Parliament a report on grants made under that subsection during that financial year; and any such report shall, in relation to each grant, include details of—

(a)the amount of the grant;

(b)the person to whom it has been paid; and

(c)the purpose for which it has been paid.