(1)Where a county council provide small holdings they may delegate, with or without restrictions, the powers of the county council under this Act with respect to the adaptation of land for any holdings, and the sale, letting, and management of any holdings to a committee consisting of—
The county councillor representing the electoral division in which the holdings are situate; and
Two other members of the county council; and
Two of the allotment managers (if any) under the M1Allotments Act, 1887, for the parish or area in which the holdings are situate selected by those managers, or if there are no allotment managers, two persons appointed in manner provided by that Act for the appointment of allotment managers; or
If the holdings are situate within the limits of a municipal borough, then instead of the persons selected or appointed as aforesaid, two members of the borough council;
and in the construction of this Act references to the county council shall, in their application to the powers so delegated, include any such committee . . . F1
(2)The M2Local Government Act, 1888, shall apply to any committee appointed under this section as if it were appointed under that Act.
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F1Proviso repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 (c. 43), s. 381, Sch. 14
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