http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1965/13/section/27New Towns Act (Northern Ireland) 1965An Act to make provision for the creation of new towns, for the exercise by new town commissions of certain functions in relation to such towns, for the expansion or development of existing towns, and for purposes related to those matters.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2017-04-19Expert Participation2016-03-07 271Where in any … district …, a new town commission …aafter consultation with the [ district] council, andbwith the approval of the Ministry,incur expenses in the carrying out, for the purposes of the new town, of development of a kind the carrying out of which in relation to that district … is a function of the [ district] council, the [ district] council shall pay to the new town commission, on such terms as may be approved by the Ministry with the concurrence of the Ministry of Finance, a sum equal in amount to those expenses.2Any question arising as to the amount payable by a [ district] council under subsection (1) shall be referred to arbitration. . . .SRO (NI) 1973/285SRO (NI) 1973/2851996 c. 23