Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947

186 Payments to and out of district council fund.

(1) It shall be the duty of the treasurer of the district council to see that all receipts of and sums receivable by the council falling to be credited to the district council fund are duly credited to and form part of that fund and that all expenditure of the council falling to be defrayed out of the district council fund is so defrayed:

Provided that nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to prevent the district council or any duly authorised committee of the council giving instructions with respect to the payment or recovery of sums claimed to be due to the council or with respect to the payment of sums claimed to be due by the council.

(2) The district council shall cause one bank account to be kept in the books of an incorporated or joint stock bank in name of the council, and, save as otherwise provided in any regulations that may be made by the Secretary of State, there shall be paid into the said bank account all sums received by the council and out of the said bank account there shall be paid all payments due to be made by the council.

(3) The district council may give directions with respect to keeping, paying moneys into, and operating on, the bank account.

(4) No payment shall be made out of the district council fund if the expenditure in respect of which it is made has been incurred contrary to the provisions of subsection (3) of the immediately preceding section, except where it is made in pursuance of the specific requirement of any enactment or statutory order or of a decree of a competent court.

(5) All payments due to be made out of the district council fund shall be made by means of a cheque signed by two members of the council and by the clerk or treasurer of the council, and one cheque may be used for the purpose of making several payments.

(6) Regulations made under this section shall be laid before each House of Parliament as soon as may be after they are made.