Local Government Act 1974 (c. 7)

SCHEDULE 4 The Commissions

Expenses of the Commissions

8 (1) The said expenses shall be apportioned among the authorities liable to defray them, each authority being liable for the fraction of the expenses where—

• A is the product of a rate levied in the authority's area of 1p in the pound, as ascertained for the purposes of this paragraph by rules made under section 113 of the [1967 c. 9.] General Rate Act 1967, and

• B is the aggregate product of a rate levied in the area of every authority in England or, as the case may be, in Wales, of 1p in the pound as so ascertained.

(2) Any sums due to a Commission under this Schedule shall be payable on demand and recoverable as a civil debt; and a Commission may, for any financial year, demand payment in advance of part of their expenses.