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Part I

(3) It shall also be the duty of the authority to—

(a) make available for the Service—

(i) all fittings, furniture, equipment and other chattels previously made available for use in connection with the discharge of prosecution functions; or

(ii) in a case falling within subsection (2)(b) above, those items or items which, in the opinion of the Director, are suitable alternatives;

(b) provide such services and facilities as were previously provided by them in connection with the discharge of those functions;

(c) heat any accommodation made available for the Service;

(d) clean, light and maintain the premises and maintain anything else made available for the Service under this section; and

(e) pay all outgoings in respect of the premises so made available.

(4) The Secretary of State shall pay to an authority making premises available under this section—

(a) such amount as is a reasonable payment for the use of the premises;

(b) the reasonable and necessary charges for heating, lighting and cleaning the premises; and

(c) a fair contribution—

(i) to the cost of any services or facilities provided by the authority in accordance with subsection (3)(b) above; and

(ii) in respect of the maintenance of the premises and of anything else made available for the Service under this section.

(5) Where, immediately before the transfer date, the premises were occupied by the authority under a tenancy—

(a) the obligations imposed on the authority by this section in relation to those premises shall, if they have not ended by virtue of subsection (6) or (7) below, come to an end

(i) with the termination of the tenancy by the landlord in accordance with the provisions of Part II of the 1954 c. 56.Landlord and Tenant Act 1954; or

(ii) where the provisions of sections 24 to 28 of that Act have been excluded in relation to the tenancy, on the date on which the term for which the