Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act 1944

2 Contributions by county councils.

(1) Where the Minister undertakes under' the preceding section to make a contribution towards expenses incurred by the council of any borough or urban or rural district or by a joint board or joint committee, the council of the county within which the area of the authority to whom the undertaking is given falls, or, where that area falls within more than one county, the councils of each of the counties, shall undertake to make towards those expenses contributions of such amount, and payable at such times and subject to such conditions, as may be agreed between the council and the authority or in default of agreement as may be determined by the Minister :

Provided that, where the amount of any such contribution is determined by the Minister, it shall not, without the consent, of the council of the county, exceed the amount of the contribution which the Minister has himself undertaken to make.

(2) Where the council of any borough or urban or rural district or a joint board or joint committee submit to the Minister proposals with a view to his undertaking, under the preceding section, to make a contribution towards the expenses incurred by them in carrying out the proposals, they shall—

(a) before submitting the proposals to him, transmit for their observations thereon particulars thereof to the council of any county which will, under this section, be bound to undertake to make contributions towards those expenses if the Minister gives the undertaking ; and

(b) report to the Minister when they submit the proposals to him, the observations, if any, of any such county council thereon.

(3) Where, under the preceding section, the Minister withholds, or reduces the amount of, a contribution which he has undertaken to make thereunder towards any such expenses as aforesaid, the council of the county may withhold; or, as the case may be, reduce in the same proportion, the amount of the contributions which they have undertaken under this section to make towards those expenses.