Section 3 Conditions of payment of Exchequer contributions.

(1)

When giving an undertaking under the last preceding section, the Minister may lay down, as conditions to which payment of the contributions undertaken to be made is to be subject, such conditions as it may appear to him to be expedient to impose for securing the intended relief from congestion or over-population.

F1(2)

If the Minister is satisfied that a council to whom he has undertaken under the last preceding section to make a contribution have failed to observe any condition laid down under this section as one to which payment of the contribution was to be subject, he may withhold or postpone payment, either in whole or in part—

(a)

of that contribution,

(b)

of any other contribution which he has undertaken under the last preceding section to make to that council, and

(c)

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or of any of those contributions.

(3)

The Minister, in exercising his power under subsection (2) of this section of withholding or postponing any payment to a council, shall have particular regard to securing that the penalty so imposed is no more than proportionate to the extent or degree of default of the council.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 3(2)(3) repealed with saving so far as they relate to contributions in respect of annual rate fund contributions under Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 (c. 48) in respect of houses provided in the course of development to which section 2 of this Act applies by Housing Subsidies Act 1967 (c. 29), s. 14(1), Sch. 4 Pt. I
F2: Ss. 2(2)(a), 3(2)(c), 8(1)(f), 14(1)(2) repealed by Housing Finance Act 1972 (c. 47), s. 108(4), Sch. 11 Pt. III