Commentary Part 5: Community Empowerment Chapter 3: Land of Community Value Sections 103 and 104: Advice and assistance
236.Section 103 authorises the Secretary of State to do anything the Secretary of State considers appropriate for the purpose of providing advice or assistance to anyone in England in relation to Chapter 3 of Part 5 of the Localism Act. This includes doing anything the Secretary of State considers appropriate for giving advice or the making of arrangements to provide advice or assistance to community interest groups in connection with bidding for, or acquiring, land listed as being of community value (including considering whether to bid and preparing bids); or in connection with considering bringing, or preparating to bring, such land into effective use. Things that may be done under the section include direct financial assistance (such as grants, loans, guarantees or indemnities), or the making of arrangements for such assistance. Section 104 makes parallel provision in relation to assistance by the Welsh Ministers in Wales.