Article 8 Contributions to public appeals

In section 115 of the principal Act (expenditure for special purposes) after subsection (1) there shall be inserted—

“(1A)

Subject to subsection (2), a council may make payments to any fund which is raised in connection with a particular event directly affecting persons resident in the United Kingdom on behalf of whom a public appeal for contributions has been made—

(a)

by the chairman of a council; or

(b)

by a committee of which the chairman of a council is a member; or

(c)

by such a person or body as is referred to in section 137(3)(c) of the Local Government Act 1972F1; or

(d)

by such a person or body as is referred to in section 83(3)(c) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973F2.”

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