s 74 Validation of certain grants paid to local authorities in respect of expenditure relating to National Parks.
(1) No payment made for any year beginning on or after 1st April 1990 and ending on or before 31st March 1996 by the Secretary of State by way of grant to the council of a county or a metropolitan district in respect of the council’s expenditure or estimated expenditure in connection with National Parks shall be regarded as made otherwise than under and in accordance with the relevant enactments by reason only of— (a) the aggregate amount of such grants for the year to such councils not having been duly prescribed; (b) the method of determining the proportion of such aggregate amount payable to that council not having been duly prescribed; or (c) payment of the grant being, or having been, made— (i) otherwise than in accordance with an approved Rate Support Grant Report or such a Report as varied by an approved supplementary report for the year; or (ii) without there being an approved Rate Support Grant Report for the year. (2) Any reference in this section to a payment by way of grant made under and in accordance with the relevant enactments is a reference to a payment of grant made under section 7 of the Local Government Act 1974 (supplementary grants towards expenditure with respect to National Parks) in accordance with the provisions of that section and those of section 60 or 61 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (rate support grant reports and supplementary reports) as they apply in relation to grants under the said section 7. (3) In this section— “ approved Rate Support Grant Report ” means a Rate Support Grant Report which has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the House of Commons; “ approved supplementary report ” means a supplementary report which has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the House of Commons; “ duly prescribed ” means prescribed by a Rate Support Grant Report or a supplementary report; “ Rate Support Grant Report ” means a Rate Support Grant Report made under section 60 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980; “ supplementary report ” means a supplementary report made under section 61 of that Act; and “ year ” means a period of 12 months beginning with 1st April.