Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980

60 The Rate Support Grant Report

(1) In this section and section 61 below "the relevant grants " means rate support grants payable under this Part of this Act and grant payable under section 6 or 7 of the [1974 c. 7.] Local Government Act 1974 (supplementary grants for transport and National Parks).

(2) Subject to subsection (3) below, the Secretary of State shall make for each year a report (in this Part of this Act called a "Rate Support Grant Report") relating to the relevant grants.

(3) In so far as a Rate Support Grant Report relates to payments of grants under section 6 of the Local Government Act 1974 it shall be made for England by the Minister of Transport.

(4) A Rate Support Grant Report shall be made with the consent of the Treasury.

(5) Before making a Rate Support Grant Report the Secretary of State and the Minister of Transport shall consult such associations of local authorities as appear to them to be concerned and any local authority with whom consultation appears to them to be desirable.

(6) A Rate Support Grant Report shall specify

(a) all the determinations relating to the relevant grants which are required by any provision of this Part of this Act; and

(b) the considerations leading the Secretary of State to make any such determination.

(7) A Rate Support Grant Report shall be laid before the House of Commons.

(8) No payment of any of the relevant grants for the year shall be made until the Rate Support Grant Report is approved by a resolution of the House of Commons and (subject to section 61 below) any payment may be made only in accordance with the Rate Support Grant Report as so approved.

(9) The Secretary of State shall send a copy of every Rate Support Grant Report to each local authority as soon as practicable after it has been approved.