Part II

Provision of sites by local authorities

7 Functions of district councils.
(1) The duty imposed by section 6(1) of this Act on the council of a county shall extend only to determining what sites are to be provided and acquiring or appropriating the necessary land; and it shall be the duty of the council of the district in which any such site is located to exercise all other powers under section 24 of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 in relation to the site.
1960 c. 62.
(2) The charges to be made by the council of a county district pursuant to subsection (3) of the said section 24 in respect of any such site shall be such as may be determined by the council of the county; and the council of the county shall pay to the council of the district sums equal to their expenditure reasonably incurred under this section (including the proper proportion of the remuneration and expenses of their officers and other administrative expenditure) so far as it exceeds their receipts thereunder.
(3) The council of any county district may, with the approval of the council of the county concerned, agree with the council of any other such district for the discharge by one of those councils, as agent for the other, of such of the functions under this section of the latter council as may be specified in the agreement.
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s. 7(4) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70, SIF 81:1), Sch. 30