Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act, 1997
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Payments out of the Fund generally. |
6.—(1) Whenever and so often as the Minister considers that it is appropriate that such a payment be made in respect of expenses incurred or to be incurred by one or more local authorities in performing its or their functions generally, the Minister may pay out of the Fund to that local authority or those local authorities such an amount of moneys as he or she determines for the purposes of defraying, in whole or in part, the expenses incurred or to be incurred by it or them in performing those functions. | |
(2) The Minister may from time to time pay out of the Fund an amount of moneys equal to the expenses incurred by him or her in taking from time to time steps (which the Minister is hereby empowered to take)— | ||
(a) to promote or secure the making of improvements in the quality of services provided by local authorities, | ||
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(b) to encourage local authorities to perform their functions in a more economical, efficient and effective manner. | ||
(3) The Minister may from time to time pay out of the Fund such an amount of moneys as he or she determines for the purposes of defraying, in whole or in part, the expenses incurred by him or her, on or after the 1st day of January, 1997, in connection with the collection of motor vehicle tax, including in connection with the provision of information from records established and maintained under section 60 of the Finance Act, 1993 (as amended by section 86 of the Finance Act, 1994 ). | ||
(4) Any amount of moneys paid out of the Fund under subsection (2) or (3) shall be paid into, or disposed of for the benefit of, the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may determine. | ||
(5) Pending the first making of an order under section 7 (4) conferring the functions of the Minister under section 6 (1) on the Council (in subsection (6) referred to as a “ section 6 (1) functions order”), the Minister may establish a committee (one or more members of which shall be an officer or officers of a local authority or local authorities) to advise the Minister with respect to the performance by him or her of the said functions and a committee so established may advise the Minister accordingly. | ||
(6) The committee referred to in subsection (5) shall stand dissolved on the commencement of a section 6 (1) functions order. | ||
(7) This section is subject to the provisions of section 7 . |