SCHEDULES.
SIXTH SCHEDULEAdjustments and Apportionments of Poor Law Property and Liabilities.
Apportionment of or Adjustment in respect of Non-Institutional Property and Liabilities.
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As soon as practicable after the appointed day the prescribed officer shall prepare in respect of each poor law area which was not wholly comprised within one county or county borough, and the district auditor for the audit district in which the poor law area was comprised shall certify to the councils of the counties or county boroughs into which the area extended, statement showing the value as at the appointed day of the non-institutional property and liabilities of the poor law authority, other than any right of recovery from any person of payments made or expenses incurred by the poor law authority by way of poor relief.
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The certificate of the district auditor shall be final and conclusive:
Provided that any such auditor may, if he thinks fit, give an interim or provisional certificate and may amend any final certificate given by him so far as appears to him necessary for the purpose of correcting any errors.
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The property and liabilities of the poor law authority included in the said statement shall be apportioned on the basis of their values as at the appointed day between the several counties and county boroughs concerned in proportion to the reduced rateable values of the parts of the poor law area comprised in the several counties or county boroughs, or an adjustment in respect thereof on the like basis shall be made.