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Regulation 6 Requirements which may be attached to payment of special purpose grants

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(1)

The requirements set out in paragraph (2) below are specified as requirements which may be imposed by the Secretary of State on governing bodies to whom payments of special purpose grants are or have been made, whether by him or by the funding authority.

(2)

The requirements referred to in paragraph (1) above are–

(a)

a requirement that any such payment shall be applied for the purpose of defraying expenditure in respect of which it was made and for no other purpose;

(b)

a requirement that such a payment shall be so applied before a date specified by the Secretary of State; and

(c)

a requirement that any such payment shall be repaid to the Secretary of State in whole or in part if any assumption on the basis of which it was paid has, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, proved to be incorrect.

(3)

The Secretary of State may determine for the purposes of the application of section 247(1) and (2) of the 1996 Act to such governing bodies as are referred to in paragraph (1) above–

(a)

any requirement referred to in Schedule 3 to these Regulations (requirements as to accounts and financial affairs);

(b)

any requirement formulated for the purpose of assisting the Secretary of State to be satisfied that a requirement imposed in accordance with paragraph (2) above is being, or has been, complied with including, in particular, requirements as to the furnishing by the governing body of audited statements relating to expenditure in respect of which the grant has been paid together with such accounts, receipts, invoices and other information as the Secretary of State may require in order to verify the same; and

(c)

any requirement as to the repayment, in whole or in part, to the Secretary of State of payments made to the governing body in respect of such grant if any other requirement imposed by the Secretary of State in accordance with this regulation subject to which the payments were made is not complied with.

(4)

The Secretary of State may determine for the purposes of the application of that section to such governing bodies as are referred to in paragraph (1) above, requirements as to the payment to the Secretary of State, if any conditions specified in the requirements are satisfied, of the whole or any part of the amount referred to in section 247(7) of the 1996 Act.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

Under section 247 of the 1996 Act, as modified by S.I. 1998/2670, requirements imposed by the Secretary of State in relation to capital grant are not required to be specified in Regulations.