N.I.Local and personal Bills
101Power to promote or oppose local or personal Bills.N.I.
Subject to the provisions of this Act, where a council is satisfied that it is expedient to promote or oppose any local or personal Bill in Parliament, the council may promote or oppose the Bill and may defray the expenses incurred in so doing.
102Sanction of council to promotion of, or opposition to, Bills.N.I.
(1)A council shall not promote or oppose a Bill under the powers conferred by this Act otherwise than in pursuance of a special resolution of the council.
(2)In the case of the promotion of a Bill, the resolution shall be published in at least two newspapers circulating in the district of the council and shall be submitted for the approval of the Ministry, and the council shall not proceed with the promotion of the Bill if the Ministry notifies the council that the resolution has not received that approval.
(3)The approval of the Ministry shall not be given until the expiration of seven days after the publication of the resolution, and in the meantime any local elector for the district of the council may serve notice on the Ministry of his objection to the resolution.
(4)A resolution to promote a Bill must be confirmed by a special resolution of the council as soon as practicable after the expiration of fourteen days from the date when the Bill has been deposited in Parliament, and, if it is not so confirmed, the council shall take all necessary steps to withdraw the Bill.
103Taxation of costs.N.I.
No costs incurred by a council in the promotion of, or opposition to, a Bill, being costs which are liable to be taxed under[F1 any statutory provision], shall be charged to the funds of the council unless they have been so taxed and allowed
F1SI 1999/663