Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (repealed 27.5.1997)

Part XIIIS Financial Provisions

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Grants for research and educationS

240 Grants for research and education.S

The Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, make grants for assisting establishments engaged in promoting or assisting research relating to, and education with respect to, the planning and design of the physical environment.

Contributions to certain expenditureS

241 Contributions by Ministers towards compensation paid by local authorities.S

Where compensation is payable by a local authority under this Act in consequence of any decision or order given or made under—

(a)Part III or Part IV of this Act;

(b)sections 84 to 96 of this Act;

(c)the provisions of Part IX of this Act relating to purchase notices;

(d)Schedule 7 to this Act,

then if that decision or order was given or made wholly or partly in the interest of a service which is provided by a government department and the cost of which is defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament, the Minister responsible for the administration of that service may pay to that authority a contribution of such amount as he may with the consent of the Treasury determine.

242 Contributions by local authorities and statutory undertakers. S

(1)Without prejudice to [F2section 5(9) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (power of local roads authority to contribute towards costs incurred by Secretary of State in construction or improvement of trunk road]), any [F3regional or islands council] may contribute towards any expenses incurred by a local [F4roads] authority or the Secretary of State in the acquisition of land under Part VI of this Act, or in the construction or improvement of roads on land so acquired, or in connection with any development required in the interests of the proper planning of the [F3region or island area].

(2)Any local authority and any statutory undertakers may contribute towards—

(a)any expenses incurred by a. . . F5 planning authority in or in connection with the carrying out of a survey or the preparation of a structure plan or local plan under Part II of this Act;

(b)any expenses incurred by a. . . F5 planning authority in or in connection with the performance of any of their functions under Part III (except section 25), Part IV, Part V (except [F6sections 91A, 91B, 97] and 99) or Part VI (except section 116) of this Act, under the provisions of Part IX of this Act relating to purchase notices and listed building purchase notices or under Schedule 10 to this Act.

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243 Assistance for acquisition of property where objection made to blight notice in certain cases.S

A [F8regional, islands or district] council may, subject to such conditions as may be approved by the Secretary of State, advance money to any person for the purpose of enabling him to acquire a hereditament or agricultural unit in respect of which a counter-notice has been served under section 183 of this Act specifying the grounds mentioned in subsection (2)(d) of that section as, or as one of, the grounds of objection if, in the case of a hereditament, its annual value does not exceed such amount as may be prescribed for the purposes of section 181(4)(a) of this Act.

Recovery of compensation etc.S

244 Recovery from acquiring authorities of sums paid by way of compensation.S

(1)Where an interest in land is compulsorily acquired, or is sold to an authority possessing compulsory purchase powers, and any of the land comprised in the acquisition or sale is land in respect of which a notice to which this section applies is recorded (whether before or after the completion of the acquisition or sale) in respect of a planning decision or order made before the service of the notice to treat, or the making of the contract, in pursuance of which the acquisition or sale is effected, the Secretary of State shall, subject to the following provisions of this section, be entitled to recover from the acquiring authority a sum equal to so much of the amount of the compensation specified in the notice as (in accordance with section [F9155(5A)] of this Act) is to be treated as attributable to that land.

(2)This section applies to notices recorded under F10 . . . section 155(5) of this Act.

(3)If, immediately after the completion of the acquisition or sale, there is outstanding some interest in the land comprised therein to which a person other than the acquiring authority is entitled, the sum referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall not accrue due until that interest either ceases to exist or becomes vested in the acquiring authority.

(4)No sum shall be recoverable under this section in the case of a compulsory acquisition or sale where the Secretary of State is satisfied that the interest in question is being acquired for the purposes of the use of the land as a public open space.

(5)Where by virtue of the preceding provisions of this section the Secretary of State recovers a sum in respect of any land, by reason that it is land in respect of which a notice is recorded under the provisions of section 147(4) of this Act as applied by section 155 of this Act, section 157(2) and (3) of this Act shall have effect in relation to that sum as if it were a sum recovered as mentioned in section 157(2) of this Act.

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246 Sums recoverable from acquiring authorities reckonable for purposes of grant.S

Where a sum is recoverable from an authority under section 244 F12 . . . of this Act by reference to an acquisition or purchase of an interest in land, and in respect thereof, or of a subsequent appropriation of the land, a grant became or becomes payable to that or some other authority under an enactment, the power conferred by that enactment to pay the grant shall include, and shall be deemed always to have included, power to pay a grant in respect of that sum as if it had been expenditure incurred by the acquiring authority in connection with the acquisition or purchase.

Expenses and receipts of Secretary of StateS

247 Expenses of government departments.S

(1)The following expenses of the Secretary of State shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament, that is to say—

(a)any expenses incurred by the Secretary of State under subsection (2) of section 48 of this Act or under that subsection as applied by subsection (7) of section 61 of this Act, or in the payment of expenses of any committee established under the said section 61;

(b)any sums necessary to enable the Secretary of State to make any payments becoming payable by him under [F13section 145] . . . Part VIII of this Act;

(c)any expenses incurred by the Secretary of State under Part X of this Act;

(d)any expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in the making of grants. . . F14 under section 240 of this Act;

(e)subject to the provisions of subsection (4) of section 248 of this Act, any instalment payable by the Secretary of State under subsections (2) and (3) of that section;

(f)any administrative expenses incurred by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Act.

(2)There shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament any expenses incurred by any government department (including the Secretary of State)—

(a)in the acquisition of land under Part VI of this Act;

(b)in the payment of compensation under section 108(4), 226(2) or 266 of this Act;

(c)under section 118(2)(b) of this Act; or

(d)under section 241 of this Act.

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249 General provision as to receipts of Secretary of State.S

F16 . . .Subject to the provisions of section 157 of this Act, any sums received by the Secretary of State under any provision of this Act shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

Expenses of local authoritiesS

250 Expenses of, and borrowing by, local authorities.S

(1)Any expenses incurred by a local [F17roads] authority under the provisions of this Act specified in Parts I and II of Schedule 19 to this Act shall be defrayed in like manner as expenses incurred by the authority on [F17roads].

(2)Any expenses incurred by a local authority under the provisions of this Act specified in Parts I and II of Schedule 19 to this Act in pursuance of a purchase notice or in the acquisition of land under this Act for the purposes of any function of that authority, shall be defrayed in like manner as other expenses incurred by that authority for the purposes of that function.

(3)A local authority may borrow for the purposes of this Act in accordance with the provisions of Part [F18VII] of the M1Local Government (Scotland) Act [F181973]

(4)Nothing in this section shall authorise the exercise of the power of borrowing money thereby conferred otherwise than in compliance with the provisions of the M2Local Authorities Loans Act 1945 and of any orders for the time being in force made by the Treasury under section 1 of the M3Borrowing (Control and Guarantees) Act 1946.