Miscellaneous Financial Provisions Act 1983
1983 CHAPTER 29
An Act to establish a Development Commission in place of the Commissioners appointed under the Development and Road Improvement Funds Act 1909; to authorise the making of grants by the Secretary of State to bodies promoting industrial or commercial development in areas in England; to extinguish liability in respect of certain guarantees given under the Colonial Loans Act 1949; to amend certain enactments authorising the Treasury to give guarantees; to extend the power of the Crown Estate Commissioners to grant leases; to make provision for the redemption of certain annuities and allowances which have been payable out of public funds since before 1874; to amend section 173A of the Local Government Act 1972; and for connected purposes.
[13th May 1983]
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 The Development Commission.
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2 Grants to regional development organisations.
(1) The Secretary of State may out of money provided by Parliament make grants to any body within subsection (2) below for the purpose of assisting it to promote industrial or commercial development in the area with which it is concerned.
(2) The bodies referred to in subsection (1) above are—
(a) the Devon and Cornwall Development Bureau;
(b) the North of England Development Council;
(c) the North West Industrial Development Association;
(d) the Yorkshire and Humberside Development Association;
(e) any other body, whether corporate or unincorporate, whose principal object appears to the Secretary of State to be the promotion of industrial or commercial development in an area in England.
(3) The Secretary of State shall obtain the consent of the Treasury before making a grant under this section to any body other than one named in subsection (2)(a) to (d) above.
(4) In making a grant under this section the Secretary of State may impose such conditions as he thinks fit, including in particular—
(a) a condition requiring the recipient to keep proper accounts and records in respect of the application of the grant;
(b) a condition requiring the recipient to submit to the Secretary of State such periodic statements of accounts and reports relating to the application of the grant as the Secretary of State may direct; and
(c) a condition requiring the recipient to repay the whole or any part of the grant if any condition of the grant is not complied with.
(5) The Secretary of State shall lay before each House of Parliament a copy of every statement and report submitted to him in compliance with a condition of the kind described in subsection (4)(b) above.
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4 Treasury guarantees.
(1) In the enactments mentioned in Schedule 2 to this Act (which enable the Treasury to guarantee the repayment of the principal of, and the payment of interest on, sums borrowed by the bodies mentioned in the third column of that Schedule) for the words “and the payment of interest on” or “and the payment of any interest on” there shall be substituted the words “the payment of interest on and the discharge of any other financial obligation in connection with”.
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(5) In section 62(1) of the New Towns Act 1981 (Treasury guarantees in respect of sums borrowed by a development corporation or the Commission for the New Towns) for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the words “the repayment of the principal of, the payment of interest on and the discharge of any other financial obligation in connection with”.
5 Power of Crown Estate Commissioners to grant leases.
In section 3(2) of the Crown Estate Act 1961 (restriction on term for which a lease may be granted by Crown Estate Commissioners) for the words “one hundred years” there shall be substituted the words “one hundred and fifty years”.
6 Redemption of certain annuities.
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7 Local government allowances.
(1) Section 173A of the Local Government Act 1972 (which enables councillors to give notices opting for financial loss allowance instead of attendance allowance) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (3) (notices given within four weeks from election)—
(a) for the words “four weeks from” there shall be substituted the words “one month beginning with the day of”; and
(b) after the words “of the authority” there shall be inserted the words “then, subject to subsection (4A) below”.
(3) For subsections (4) to (6) (later notices, and notices of withdrawal) there shall be substituted—
“ (4) If a councillor gives a financial loss allowance notice to the local authority otherwise than in accordance with subsection (3) above, then, subject to subsection (4A) below, he shall be entitled to receive financial loss allowance for the performance of any approved duty after the end of the period of one month beginning with the day on which the notice is given.
(4A) If a councillor who has given a local authority a financial loss allowance notice gives them notice in writing that he withdraws that notice, it shall not have effect in relation to any duty performed after the day on which the notice of withdrawal is given. ” .
8 Repeals.
The enactments mentioned in Schedule 3 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
9 Commencement.
(1) Sections 1 and 8 above (and Schedules 1 and 3) shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument; and an order under this subsection may appoint different days for different purposes.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (1) above this Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed.
10 Extent.
(1) Sections 1 and 2 above, and Schedule 1 to this Act (except paragraph 12), shall not extend to Northern Ireland.
(2) Any amendment or repeal by section 4, 7 or 8 above of an enactment which does not extend throughout the United Kingdom shall extend only to the part of the United Kingdom to which the enactment amended or repealed extends.
(3) Subject to subsections (1) and (2) above, this Act extends to Northern Ireland.
(4) Section 5 of this Act extends to the Isle of Man so far as is material to any powers or duties of the Crown Estate Commissioners in the Isle of Man.
11 Short title.
This Act may be cited as the Miscellaneous Financial Provisions Act 1983.
SCHEDULES
Section 1.
SCHEDULE 1 The Development Commission
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Section 4.
SCHEDULE 2 Treasury Guarantees
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| The Electricity Act 1957 (c. 48). | Section 17(1). | The Electricity Council, the Central Electricity Generating Board and Area Boards. |
| The Transport Act 1962 (c. 46). | Section 21(1). | The British Railways Board, the British Transport Docks Board, the British Waterways Board, the National Bus Company and the Scottish Transport Group . |
| The New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 16). | Section 38A(1). | New town development corporations. |
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| The Welsh Development Agency Act 1975 (c. 70). | Schedule 3, paragraph 6(1). | The Welsh Development Agency. |
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| The Airports Authority Act 1975 (c. 78). | Section 7(1). | The British Airports Authority. |
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| The British Airways Board Act 1977 (c. 13). | Section 11(1). | The British Airways Board. |
| . . . | Schedule 21, paragraph 2(1). | The Land Authority for Wales. |
| The Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65). | Schedule 31, paragraph 5(1). | Urban development corporations. |
| Act | Provision amended | Borrowers |
| The English Industrial Estates Corporation Act 1981 (c. 13). | Section 5(1). | The English Industrial Estates Corporation. |
| The British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38). | Section 29(1). | British Telecommunications. |
| The Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16). | Section 14(1). | The Civil Aviation Authority. |
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| The Local Government Finance Act 1982 (c. 32). | Schedule 3, paragraph 11(1). | The Audit Commission for Local Authorities in England and Wales. |
Section 8.
SCHEDULE 3 Enactments Repealed
| Chapter | Short title | Extent of repeal |
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| 1 & 2 Vict. c. 120. | The Tin Duties Act 1838. | The whole Act. |
| 32 & 33 Vict. c. 44. | The Greenwich Hospital Act 1869. | Section 9. |
| 9 Edw. 7. c. 47. | The Development and Road Improvement Funds Act 1909. | Part I. |
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| 10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5. c. 7. | The Development and Road Improvement Funds Act 1910. | The whole Act. |
| 1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 49. | The Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911. | In Schedule 1, the reference to the Development and Road Improvement Funds Acts 1909 and 1910. |
| 6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. 38. | The Small Holding Colonies Act 1916. | In section 3, the words “or the Development and Road Improvement Funds Act, 1909,”. |
| In section 5(1), the words “or to be acquired”. | ||
| 9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 49. | The Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946. | In Schedule 4, the entries relating to the Development and Road Improvement Funds Act 1909. |
| 9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 33. | The Land Compensation Act 1961. | Section 8(7)(b). |
| 1963 c. 51. | The Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963. | Section 15(7)(b). |
| 1972 c. 11. | The Superannuation Act 1972. | In Schedule 6, paragraph 4. |
| 1975 c. 24. | The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975. | In Part II of Schedule 1, in the entry relating to the Development Commission, the words “established under the Development and Road Improvement Funds Act 1909”. |
| 1981 c. 13. | The English Industrial Estates Corporation Act 1981. | Section 3(a). |