# Commissioners Clauses Act 1847, Section 6: Joint owners or occupiers when qualified eligible as commissioners.


Where by the special Act the qualification of the commissioners is made to depend upon their being rated in respect of property of a given amount, then, if two or more persons be jointly rated in respect of any property, each of such persons shall, subject to the provisions herein and in the special Act contained, be eligible to be chosen a commissioner, provided the property in respect of which such persons are rated be of a rateable yearly value, which, when divided by the number of persons so rated, will give to each a sufficient rateable yearly value according to the provisions of this and the special Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/10-11/16/section/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/commissioners-clauses-act-1847/section-6
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