Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947

183 Town council may contribute out of common good towards expenditure on statutory functions.

(1) The town council of a burgh possessed of any free income arising from the common good of the burgh may out of that free income make such contribution towards the expenditure on any of the functions of the council under this Act or under any other enactment or any statutory order as the council may determine having due regard to the extinction of any capital debt affecting the common good:

Provided that nothing herein contained shall prejudice the rights of the creditors of any burgh secured by local Act or otherwise or relieve the common good of any burgh from payment of any sum which the burgh is bound by any local Act to contribute towards any specific expenses of the burgh.

(2) This section shall not apply in the case of the city of Edinburgh, the city of Glasgow, the city of Dundee, the city of Aberdeen or the burgh of Greenock unless the town council of the city or burgh pass a resolution declaring that the section shall apply.