A Minister of the Crown may pay a grant to a local authority in England towards expenditure incurred or to be incurred by it.
A Minister of the Crown, or the National Assembly for Wales, may pay a grant to a local authority in Wales towards expenditure incurred or to be incurred by it.
The amount of a grant under this section and the manner of its payment are to be such as the person paying it may determine.
A grant under this section may be paid on such conditions as the person paying it may determine.
Conditions under subsection (4) may, in particular, include—
provision as to the use of the grant;
provision as to circumstances in which the whole or part of the grant must be repaid.
In the case of a grant to a local authority in England, the powers under this section are exercisable with the consent of the Treasury.