Allotments Act 1925

3 Provision for allotments in town-planning schemes

(1) Every local authority or joint committee of local authorities preparing a town-planning scheme in pursuance of the [15 Geo. 5. c. 16.] Town Planning Act, 1925, shall, in preparing such scheme, consider what provision ought to be included therein for the reservation of land for allotments.

Before determining whether provision shall be included as aforesaid, the local authority or joint committee shall consult the council of any borough or urban district any part of whose district is within the area of the proposed scheme, and consider any recommendations which the council of the borough or urban district make.

Every local authority or joint committee submitting a town-planning scheme to the Minister of Health for his approval shall furnish therewith a statement under the hand of their clerk or other competent officer certifying that the requirements of this subsection have been complied with.

(2) The Minister of Health shall notify the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of any resolution passed by a local authority or joint committee deciding to prepare a town-planning scheme in pursuance of the Town Planning Act, 1925.

(3) The council of every borough or urban district, any part of whose district is within the area of a town-planning scheme, shall take into consideration from time to time, but at least once in every year, the question whether any and, if so, what lands within the area of the scheme are needed for allotments, whether reserved for the purpose or not, and ought to be acquired under and in accordance with the provisions of the Allotments Acts, 1908 to 1922, as amended by this Act.

(4) In the case of any borough or urban district for which an allotments committee is appointed under the Act of 1922, as amended by this. Act, the council of the borough or urban district shall refer to their allotment committee any matter which they are required to consider under subsections (1) and (3) of this section, or which is referred to them for their consideration by any other local authority under subsection (1) of this section, and shall consider the report of the allotments committee thereon.