Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947

161 Expenses relating to compulsory purchase order.

(1) The reasonable expenses incurred by a local authority in relation to a compulsory purchase order, including any inquiry held in connection therewith, shall be deemed to be expenses properly incurred by the authority and shall be defrayed as part of such branch or branches of expenditure as the authority may determine, having regard to the purpose for which the land proposed to be purchased is required.

(2) The powers of a local authority to borrow under Part XII of this Act shall apply for the purpose of defraying expenses incurred by the authority in connection with any compulsory purchase order under the said section, so however that any sum so borrowed shall be repaid within such period as the authority determine, being a period not exceeding five years from the date of the order.