Metropolis Management Act 1855

XCVII Provision as to Rates already made in Parishes mentioned in Schedule (A.)

Provided always, That all Rates made previously to the Commencement of this Act for defraying the Expenses of executing any Duties, Powers, and Authorities hereby transferred to any Vestry or District Board, and all Highway Rates made previously to such Commencement, or so much of such respective Rates as may not have been levied and paid, shall be levied and collected as if this Act had not been passed, and, subject to the Payment or Retainer thereout of any Sum or Expenses lawfully payable out of such respective Rates, shall, where such Rates are levied in a Parish mentioned in Schedule (A.) to this Act, be accounted for and paid over to the Vestry-of such Parish, and shall, where levied in any other Parish, be accounted for and paid over to the Board of Works for the District in which such Parish is comprised, and shall in every Case be applied in aid of the Rates to be raised for the like Purposes under this Act in the particular Parish or Part in which the said Rates so made previously to the Commencement of this Act are levied.