Local Government Act, 1946
Contribution to expenses. |
53.—(1) The bridge order may contain a provision requiring a contribution towards either or both of the following, that is to say : | |
(a) the expenses of the work (including the expenses of the preparation of the preliminary report and the making of the investigations referred to in section 46 of this Act), | ||
(b) the expenses to be incurred in relation to the bridge at any time after the execution of the work, | ||
to be made to the road authority incurring such expenses by any other road authority. | ||
(2) A contribution required under subsection (1) of this section may be stated in the bridge order as a fixed sum or by reference to a named proportion of the expenses in question and may be specified as being payable in one sum or by instalments. | ||
(3) The Minister may by order vary a contribution required under subsection (1) of this section. | ||
(4) Where a contribution or an instalment of a contribution is required under subsection (1) of this section to be made to a road authority by another road authority, the first-mentioned authority may recover the contribution or instalment from such other authority as a simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction. |