Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947

216 Requisitions by joint committees and joint boards.

Every joint committee or joint board the expenses of which are defrayed in whole or in part by the local authorities concerned shall, notwithstanding anything in any enactment, order or agreement, as early in the financial year as may be agreed upon between the authorities concerned and in any case not later than the first day of July, cause a requisition to be sent to each of the authorities concerned requiring the authority to pay to the joint committee or joint board the sum specified in the requisition, being the authority's proportion of the expenses of the joint committee or joint board; and the authority shall, at such intervals and by such instalments as the authorities concerned agree and, failing agreement, as the Secretary of State may determine, pay over to the joint committee or joint board the sum so requisitioned, so far as payable by the authority, without any deduction whatever, so however that the last instalment shall be payable not later than the first day of May in the year first occurring after the date of the requisition, and any provisions contained in any enactment or statutory order inconsistent with this subsection shall cease to have effect.