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(a) a disabled facilities grant within the meaning given to that expression in section 101(2)(c) (grants for improvements and repairs)[46]; or

(b) a grant available under section 1 of the 1996 Act (grants for improvements and repairs) towards the cost of works required for the provision of facilities for disabled persons in dwellings and in the common parts of buildings containing one or more flats.

    (2) Contributions paid to a local authority in England are specified for the purposes of section 57 (effect of certain capital grants on credit approvals) if they are paid under section 132(1) or under section 92(1) of the 1996 Act towards expenditure incurred by the authority on making relevant grants.

Specified capital grants - local authorities in Wales
     55 . Contributions and subsidies paid to a local authority in Wales are specified for the purposes of section 57 if they are paid under - 

(a) section 429(1) of the Housing Act 1985 (contributions to improvement for sale schemes);

(b) section 96(1) (contributions towards expenditure under Part VII of the Act (renewal areas));

(c) section 132(1);

(d) section 165(4) (slum clearance subsidy);

(e) section 92(1) of the 1996 Act; or

(f) section 139(1) of the 1996 Act (contributions towards expenditure on relocation grants).

(a) an order under section 51(2), 58(2) or 67(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 ("the 1972 Act")[48], regulations under section 67(1) or (2) of the 1972 Act, or an agreement under section 68 of the 1972 Act in relation to any matter which has been transferred under the order, the regulations or, as the case may be, the agreement from the authority to another body; or

(b) an order under section 254(1) or (2)(a) or (d) of the 1972 Act, or under those provisions as extended by section 34(1) of, and paragraph 5(2)(b) of Schedule 6 to, the Water Act 1973[49], in relation to any matter which has been transferred under the 1972 Act or the order from the authority to another body,

the sum received by the authority shall be a capital receipt.

Repayment of money deemed to have been borrowed
     58 . A sum received by a local authority in respect of a repayment of principal in relation to money which, by virtue of an order made under section 66(1) or 67(3) of the Local Government Act 1985 (discharge of residuary functions)[50], is deemed to have been borrowed from them by another local authority shall be a capital receipt.

Payment made to redeem landlord's share
     59 . A sum received by a local authority in respect of an interim or final payment made in accordance with Schedule 6A to the Housing Act 1985 (redemption of landlord's share)[51], if it is not a capital receipt by virtue of section 58(1)(a) (capital receipts), shall be a capital receipt.

Disposal of premises transferred to grant-maintained school
     60 .  - (1) In this regulation, "grant-maintained school" has the same meaning as in section 183 of the Education Act 1996[52].

    (2) Where the governing body incorporated for the purpose of conducting a grant-maintained school are required by the Secretary of State under section 298(2)(b) of the Education Act 1996 to pay a sum to a local authority, the sum received by the authority shall be a capital receipt.

(a) by virtue of regulation 12(1), the expenditure incurred by the authority on making the investment was expenditure falling within section 42(2) (expenditure excluded from requirement to charge expenditure to revenue account); or

(b) the investment was an approved investment under regulation 2(b) or (c) of the Local Authorities (Capital Finance) (Approved Investments) Regulations 1990[53] ("the 1990 Regulations"), and has ceased to be an approved investment because - 


(i) where the deposit which constitutes the investment was made with an authorised institution, that institution has ceased to be an authorised institution within the meaning given to that expression in regulation 1(2) of the 1990 Regulations; or

(ii) where the deposit which constitutes the investment was made with a building society, that building society has ceased to be a building society within the meaning given to that expression in regulation 2(c) of the 1990 Regulations.

Repayment of grants
     63 . A sum received by a local authority which, apart from this regulation, would be a capital receipt by virtue of section 58(1)(c) shall not be a capital receipt if it is paid by a person other than the person to whom the authority gave the grant or other financial assistance in relation to which the sum is paid.

[45] Section 569 was amended by section 157(8) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 and section 138 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28). back

[46] Part VIII of the Act, including sections 101 and 132, was repealed by section 147 of, and Part I of Schedule 3 to, the 1996 Act with savings in respect of applications for grant of the descriptions mentioned in section 101 made before the commencement of Part I of the 1996 Act (see section 102(2) of that Act). back

[47] 1963 c. 33. Paragraph (a) and part of paragraph (b) of section 23(3) were repealed with savings by section 102(2) of, and Schedule 17 to, the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51). back

[48] 1972 c. 70. Section 51 was repealed, with a saving for orders, by section 29(2) and (3) of, and Part II of Schedule 4 to, the Local Government Act 1992 (c. 19). back

[49] 1973 c. 37. The repeal of section 34(1) and paragraph 5(2)(b) of Schedule 6 by section 190(3) of, and Part II of Schedule 27 to, the Water Act 1989 (c. 15) is subject to savings in article 5(1) of the Water Act 1989 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1557 (C. 52)). back

[50] 1985 c. 51. back

[51] 1985 c. 68. Schedule 6A was inserted by Schedule 16 to the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28). back

[52] 1996 c. 56. back

[53] S.I. 1990/426; amended by S.I. 1991/501, S.I. 1992/1353, S.I. 1995/850, S.I. 1995/1982 and S.I. 1996/568. back