Local Government Act, 1946
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Refusal of application for bridge order. |
49.—(1) The Minister may refuse the application for the bridge order at any stage of the application, that is to say, after the making of the application, after consideration of the preliminary report or after consideration of the report of the inquiry. | |
(2) Where the Minister refuses the application for the bridge order after consideration of the preliminary report or the report of the inquiry, he may by order require a contribution towards the expenses of the preliminary report (including the expenses of the making of the investigations referred to in section 46 of this Act) to be made to the road authority who prepared the preliminary report by any other road authority. | ||
(3) Where a contribution is required under subsection (2) of this section to be made to a road authority by another road authority, the first-mentioned authority may recover the contribution from such other authority as a simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction. |