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Joint action.
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7.—(1) Subject to the approval of the Local Government Board, two or more county councils may agree in the prescribed manner to combine for the purpose of the exercise and performance of their powers and duties under this Act, in relation to the improvement of the navigation of any river which passes through or bounds their respective counties.
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(2) Where any such agreement is entered into with the approval of the Local Government Board, the foregoing provisions of this Act shall have effect, subject to the following modifications, namely:—
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(a) Each county council shall contribute to the expenses incurred in such proportions as may be agreed upon:
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(b) The powers and duties of the county councils under this Act (other than the powers of borrowing, making a rate charging expenses on county districts, or acquiring land) shall be exercised and performed by a joint committee appointed by the county councils, and the acts of the committee in the exercise and performance of these duties shall not require to be approved by any of the county councils:
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(c) The number of members of the joint committee and the representation thereon of each county shall be such as may be agreed upon, and the provisions of this Act as respects the inclusion on a committee of representatives of the council of a county district in certain cases shall apply as respects the inclusion of such representatives in the like cases amongst the representatives of a county on the joint committee, and, subject as aforesaid, article thirty-eight of the schedule to the Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order, 1898, shall apply as respects the constitution and procedure of the joint committee.
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