211 Service charges.S
(1)A local authority shall make a service charge for each year of such amount as they think reasonable in all the circumstances in respect of the following items to which the housing revenue account relates—
(a)any garage, car-port or other car parking facilities provided by them in so far as not included within the terms of the tenancy of a house;
(b)any service provided by them under the terms of the tenancy of a house;
(c)any other item made available under section 3 or 5 or supplied under section 4 for which a charge was made in the financial year 1971-2 under section 139 to 141 of the Act of 1966 and which has continued to be made available or supplied after that year.
(2)The Secretary of State may direct in relation to any service provided under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) either generally or in a particular case that no such service charge shall be made.
(3)Before making any such direction the Secretary of State shall consult—
(a)such associations of local authorities as appear to him to be concerned;
(b)any local authority with whom consultation appears to him to be desirable.