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Housing Act 1961

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34Town development

(1)If the Minister is satisfied that development which would be town development as defined by section one of the Town Development Act, 1952, if it were carried out in a county district can be with advantage carried out—

(a)in a county borough, or partly in one county borough and partly in another, or

(b)partly in a county borough and partly in a county district,

he may by order designate that development as town development as so defined, and as development to which section two of that Act (under which the Minister may contribute to the expense of certain development) applies; and that Act shall apply accordingly subject to any necessary modifications and, in particular, as if any such county borough or county district were, in relation to the development, a receiving district as defined by subsection (2) of section one of the said Act.

An order under this subsection shall be made by statutory instrument and may be revoked or varied by a subsequent order so made.

(2)Section four of the Town Development Act, 1952 (which enables the council of a county borough or county district to contribute to the expense of development which relieves congestion in their area), shall apply to the council of a county as it applies to the council of a county borough or county district.

(3)The council of a county may make the services of any of their officers or servants available to the council of a receiving district for the purposes of any development in respect of which the council of the county can make a contribution under the said section four as amended by the last foregoing subsection.

(4)In this section " the Minister" means the Minister of Housing and Local Government.

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