# Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act 1865, Section 15: Mode of ascertaining proportions of contribution.


For the purpose of ascertaining the amount to be contributed by every such insurance company as aforesaid, every insurance company insuring property from fire in Greater London other than the Outer London boroughs shall, . . . on every . . . first of June, or on such other days as the Greater London Council may appoint, make a return to the said Council, in such form as they may require, of the gross amount insured by it in respect of property in Greater London other than the Outer London boroughs.
There shall be annexed to the return so made a declaration made by the secretary or other officer performing the duties of secretary of the company, by whom it is made, stating that he has examined the return with the books of the company, and that to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief it contains a true and faithful account of the gross amount of the sums insured by the company to which he belongs in respect of property in Greater London other than the Outer London boroughs.
The return made in the June of one year shall not come into effect till the first of January of the succeeding year, and shall be the basis of the contributions for that year.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/28-29/90/section/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/metropolitan-fire-brigade-act-1865/section-15
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