8(1)In any case where it appears to the Secretary of State—E+W
(a)that any person other than a local authority, a Passenger Transport Executive or [F1London Regional Transport] has before 1st April 1975 entered upon a course of expenditure of a capital nature such as is referred to in section 56(1) of the Transport Act 1968, and
(b)that the course of expenditure was entered upon in reliance on an undertaking by the Secretary of State to make a grant or grants towards that expenditure under that section,
then, notwithstanding anything in paragraph 6 above, the Secretary of State may, on or after 1st April 1975, make to that person under that section any grant which he considers appropriate in the light of that undertaking.
(2)In sub-paragraph (1)(a) above “local authority” includes the council of an administrative county, county borough or county district.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by London Regional Transport Act 1984 (c. 32, SIF 126), s. 71(3)(a), Sch. 6 para. 11(a)