Metropolis Management Act 1855

CLIX Vestries and Boards may exempt Parts not benefited by Expenditure from Payment.

Where it appears to any Vestry or District Board that all or any Part of the Expenses for defraying which any Sum is by such Vestry or Board ordered to be levied as aforesaid have or has been incurred for the special Benefit of any particular Part of their Parish or District, or otherwise have or has not been incurred for the equal Benefit of the whole of their Parish or District, such Vestry or Board may, by any such Order, direct the Sum or Sums necessary for defraying such Expenses or any Part thereof to be levied in such Part, or exempt any Part of such Parish or District from the Levy, or require a less Rate to be levied thereon, as the Circumstances of the Case may require; and any such Board may refrain, where any entire Parish ought in their Judgment to be so exempt, from issuing an Order for levying any Money thereon, notwithstanding they may issue an Order or Orders for levying Sums upon any other Parish or Parishes in their District.