s 15 Forms of assistance under section 14
(1) Financial assistance under section 14 may be given in any form. (2) Assistance may, in particular, be given by way of— (a) grants, (b) loans, (c) guarantees, (d) incurring expenditure on the provision of equipment for the benefit of the person assisted, or (e) incurring other expenditure for the benefit of the person assisted. (3) Assistance given under section 14 to a local authority may not be given by way of loan or guarantee. (4) In subsection (3) “local authority” includes a non-metropolitan district council for an area for which there is a country council.