Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973

37 For section 11 (estimates and requisitions) there shall be substituted the following section—

“11 Requisitions.

(1) Each water authority—

(a) who are a regional council, and

(b) whose limits of supply extend beyond their own region or who supply water to premises in another region,

shall in respect of any financial year determine the aggregate amount by reference to which the amount required to be requisitioned by the water authority under this Part of this Act from each of their contributing authorities is to be determined.

(2) Each water development board shall in respect of any financial year determine the aggregate amount required to be requisitioned by the board under this Part of this Act from their contributing authorities.

(3) Each such water authority and each water development board shall, by such date or dates as may be prescribed, cause a requisition in respect of any financial year to be sent to their contributing authorities requiring each of them to pay such sum as may be apportioned to each under the subsequent provisions of this Part of this Act, and each of those authorities shall, at such intervals and by such instalments as may be prescribed, pay over to the water authority or board the sum so requisitioned.

(4) For the purposes of this Part of this Act " contributing authority " means—

(a) in relation to a water authority, any other regional council the whole or part of whose region is within the limits of supply of the water authority or in whose region water is supplied to premises by the water authority, and

(b) in relation to a water development board, a constituent water authority.

(5) In this section "prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State under section 111 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.”.