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Default of local authorities.
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37.—(1) Where a local authority fails to execute or enforce any of the provisions of this Act or of an order of the Minister the Minister may by order empower a person therein named to execute and enforce those provisions or to procure the execution and enforcement thereof.
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(2) The expenses incurred under any such order or in respect of any such default by or on behalf of the Minister shall be expenses of the local authority, and the accountant or other proper officer of the local authority shall pay the amount of such expenses to the Minister on demand, and in default of payment a person appointed by the Minister to sue in that behalf may recover the amount of such expenses from the local authority.
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(3) For the purposes of this section an order of the Minister shall be conclusive in respect of any default, amount of expenses, or other matter therein stated or appearing.
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(4) The provisions of this section are without prejudice to the right or power of the Minister, or any other authority or any person, to take any other proceedings for requiring a local authority to execute or enforce any of the provisions of this Act or of an order thereunder.
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