Section 316 Adaptation, where necessary, of provisional order procedure.

(1)

In relation to any order made by the Minister under this Act which F1is subject to special Parliamentary procedure but was not made on the application of any local authority, F2section two hundred and forty of the M1Local Government Act 1972 (which relates to the procedure for making such orders), shall have effect as if for references therein to the applicants for the order and to the application for the order there were substituted respectively references to the Minister and to the order proposed to be made by him.

(2)

The expenses incurred by the Minister in connection with the making and confirmation of any such order as aforesaid shall be paid by such council, or by such councils in such shares, as he may direct, and the amount of those expenses as certified by him, or the amount of any share thereof so certified, shall be recoverable by him from the council liable therefor as a debt due to the Crown.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words substituted by S.I. 1949/2393 (1949 I, p. 3973), art. 3, Sch. 2
F2: Words substituted by virtue of Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 272(2)

Marginal citations

M1: 1972 c. 70.

Notes on Part XII

Modifications

C1

Pt. XII extended and amended (Greater London) by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), Sch. 11 Pt. I para. 24; amended by Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37), s. 76(1)

C2

Functions of the Minister of Housing and Local Government under Pt. XII in relation to or in consequence of ss. 25, 37, 38, 43, 53-55, 59(1), 60 (so far as it relates to proposed buildings), 61-67, 69-71, 137 now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.I. 1964/263, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. II and S.I. 1970/1681, art. 2(1)

C3

Functions of the Minister of Housing and Local Government under Pt. XII in relation to s. 59(2)–(4) or s. 60 (so far as it relates to buildings other than proposed buildings) now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.I. 1964/263, art. 3

C4

References to local authorities and their districts in Pt.XII so far as it relates to ss. 15-24, 27-31, 33-36, 42 to be construed respectively as references to water authorities and their areas: Water Act 1973 (c. 37), s. 14(2)

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