Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947

151 Combination of special water and drainage districts when required by Secretary of State.

(1) A county council shall, if so required by the Secretary of State, combine two or more special water supply districts or two or more special drainage districts within the county, and in connection with such combination provision may be made—

(a) for payment during such period not exceeding ten years as the council may determine of special district rates of different amounts per pound within the several districts forming the combined district; and

(b) with respect to such other matters as may be considered necessary or proper for carrying the combination into effect.

(2) The resolution of the county council combining the districts shall determine all matters relating to the combination and shall fix the date at which the combination shall take effect.

(3) The county council shall as soon as practicable cause notice of the resolution of the council combining the special districts, and of the place within the county at which and the period during which the full terms of the resolution may be inspected, to be published in a newspaper circulating in the county and in the Edinburgh Gazette, and shall within ten days of the date of the meeting at which the resolution was passed transmit a copy of the resolution to the Secretary of State.

(4) Any person aggrieved by any determination of the county council contained in a resolution under this section may, within twenty-one days after the date of the publication of notice of the resolution in a newspaper circulating in the district or the date of the publication in the Edinburgh Gazette, whichever is the later, appeal against the determination to the Secretary of State, who may approve or disapprove of such determination or may approve the same subject to such alteration as may appear proper to him, and the decision of the Secretary of State shall be final.