Section 1 Power for authorities to incur expenditure to remedy injustices caused by maladministration.C1

At the end of section 31 of the M1 Local Government Act 1974 F1 and section 29 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 there shall be added the following subsection :—

“(3)

In any case where—

(a)

a report is laid before an authority under subsection (1) above, and

(b)

on consideration of the report, it appears to the authority that a payment should be made to, or some other benefit should be provided for, a person who has suffered injustice in consequence of maladministration referred to in the report,

the authority may incur such expenditure as appears to them to be appropriate in making such payment or providing such a benefit.”