If you own land, a council can give you money to help with emergency expenses. This is part of what is called private works. The council's ability to do this is covered by the Local Government Act 1974, but this specific part was repealed.

You can find more information about the repeal in section 266 of the Local Government Act 2002. This repeal happened on 1 July 2003. It means the council can no longer give you money for emergency expenses under this specific rule.