Metropolis Management Act 1855

CLXVIII Special Persons may be appointed to levy Rates in certain Cases.

Any Vestry or District Board may, in case of any Default or Neglect of any Overseers to pay the Amount required by any such Order as aforesaid within the Time and in the Manner directed by such Order, and the said Metropolitan Board may, in case of any Default or Neglect of any Vestry or District Board to pay the Amount required by any Precept of the said Metropolitan Board within such Time and in such Manner as may be therein mentioned, appoint Persons to levy any Money required by such Vestry or Board for the Purposes of this Act in any Parish or District, and such Persons shall proceed in the same Manner, and have the same Powers, Remedies, and Privileges, and be subject to the same Regulations and Penalties, with reference to the levying of such Money, as any Overseers would have had or been subject to with reference to levying any such Money in pursuance of an Order of the Vestry or District Board, or, where the same might be levied by the Vestry under this Act, as such Vestry would have had or been subject to with reference to levying the same.