Local Government Act 1972 - Sections 137

Power of Local Authorities to Incur Expenditure for Certain Purposes not Otherwise Authorised

137. — (1) A local authority may, subject to the provisions of this section; incur expenditure which in their opinion is in the interests of their area or any part of it or all or some of its inhabitants, but a local authority shall not, by virtue of this subsection, incur any expenditure for a purpose for which they are, either unconditionally or subject to any limitation or to the satisfaction of any condition, authorised or required to make any payment by or by virtue of any other enactment.

(2) It is hereby declared that the power of a local authority to incur expenditure under subsection (1) above includes power to do so by contributing towards the defraying of expenditure by another local authority in or in connection with the exercise of that other authority’s functions.

(3) A local authority may. Subject as aforesaid, incur expenditure on contributions to any of the following funds, that is to say —

(a) the funds of any charitable body in furtherance of its work in the United Kingdom ; or

(b) the funds of any body which provides any public service in the United Kingdom otherwise than for the purposes of gain ; or

(c) any fund which is raised in connection with a particular event directly affecting persons resident in the United Kingdom on behalf of whom a public appeal for contributions has been made by the Lord Mayor of London or the chairman of a principal council or by a committee of which the Lord Mayor of London or the chairman of a principal council is a member.