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44 (2) The aggregate amount outstanding by way of principal in respect of sums advanced to the Authority under this section shall not at any time exceed 2 million.

(3) Any sums advanced under this section shall be repaid to the Secretary of State at such times and by such methods, and interest on those sums shall be paid to him at such times and at such rates, as he may from time to time direct with the consent of the Treasury.

(4) All sums received by the Secretary of State in pursuance of subsection (3) shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

Payments by Authority

Payments by Authority to Welsh Authority.

39.—(1) For each financial year the Authority shall pay to the Welsh Fourth Channel Authority such sum or sums as may be agreed between them to be appropriate for enabling the Welsh Authority to meet their reasonable outgoings or, in default of such agreement, such sum or sums as the Secretary of State may determine to be appropriate for that purpose.

(2) All sums paid by the Authority to the Welsh Authority in pursuance of subsection (1) shall be treated for the purposes of section 36(2) as sums properly chargeable to revenue account in respect of the branch of their undertaking which consists of the provision of television broadcasting services.

(3) In deciding from time to time whether to make any, and if so what, use of his power under subsection (8) of section 32 to amend by order subsections (4) and (5) of that section the Secretary of State may have regard to any increase in the aggregate amount of the payments to be made by programme contractors under the head described in subsection (1)(a) of that section which is attributable to the provisions of this section and Part II.

Contributions towards the cost of Broadcasting Complaints Commission.

40.—(1) For the financial year Contributions towards cost of Complaints Commission is established and each subsequent Broadcasting financial year the Secretary of State shall notify to the Authority Complaints the total sum which he considers to be the appropriate contribution of the programme contractors towards the expenses of the Commission.

(2) The contracts between the Authority and the various programme contractors shall contain such provisions as the Authority consider necessary for securing that the programme contractors make to the Authority in respect of every financial year payments (additional to those required by section 32) representing what appear to the Authority to be the appropriate contributions of the respective programme contractors towards meeting the sum notified to the Authority for that year under subsection (1).