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My PC is promoting various local post Covid "Bounce back" events through s137 grants.   However, there are insisting on like for like match funding , Is that lawful.?  While I accept certain conditions should apply to grant applications surely the only legal test is that it will deliver a direct benefit to the Community . Or is the answer the PC can set any policy it wants?
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When the council is awarding grants it may attach any conditions it deems appropriate.
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The standard qualifying criteria for s137 are the ‘minimum’ required, any ‘greater’ or ‘other’ criteria could quite reasonably be assigned if that was the will of the PC.
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