Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Act, 1968

Schemes by local authorities for carrying Act into effect.

5.—(1) A corporation of a county borough or council of a county shall prepare and submit to the Minister annually before such date as may from time to time be prescribed by the Minister a scheme for carrying the provisions of this Act into effect in the functional area of the corporation or council.

(2) When a scheme is submitted to the Minister under this section the Minister may either—

(a) approve of the scheme, or

(b) modify or alter the scheme in such manner as he thinks proper and approve of the scheme as so modified or altered.

(3) A scheme that has been approved under paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (2) of this section shall be carried out in accordance with its terms by the corporation or council by which it was prepared and, for that purpose, the corporation or council shall publish the scheme in such manner as appears to them best calculated to bring the provisions thereof to the notice of persons intended to be benefited thereby.

(4) A corporation of a county borough or council of a county may, at any time, prepare and submit to the Minister an amendment of a scheme approved by the Minister under paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (2) of this section and the Minister may either approve or refuse to approve of the amendment, and, if the Minister approves of the amendment, the scheme shall stand amended in accordance with the terms of the amendment.

(5) The preparation and submission to the Minister of schemes and amendments to schemes under this section shall be reserved functions for the purposes of the County Management Acts, 1940 to 1955 and of the Acts relating to the management of county boroughs.