Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Act 2013

Amendment of section 6 of Local Government Act 1998

12. The Local Government Act 1998 is amended in section 6—

(a) by inserting the following new subsection after subsection (1):

“(1A) Whenever and so often as the Minister considers that it is appropriate that such payment be made in respect of expenses incurred or to be incurred by the Road Safety Authority in performing its functions as a licensing authority under Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1961 , the Minister may pay out of the Fund to the Road Safety Authority such an amount of money as he or she determines for the purposes of defraying, in whole or in part, the expenses incurred by it in performing those functions.”,

(b) by deleting subparagraph (iii) of subsection (2A)(c), and

(c) by inserting the following new subsection after subsection (2A):

“(2AB) Whenever and so often as the Minister considers that it is appropriate that such payment be made in respect of expenses incurred or to be incurred by one or more local authorities in providing agency services to the Road Safety Authority relating to the performance by the Road Safety Authority of its functions as a licensing authority under Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1961 , the Minister may pay out of the Fund to that local authority or those local authorities such an amount of moneys as he or she determines for the purposes of defraying, in whole or in part, the expenses incurred or to be incurred by it or them in providing those agency services.”.