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Joint drainage committees.
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231.—(1) After consultation with the Minister for Finance, the Minister may by order provide that this section is to have effect in respect of a joint drainage committee specified in the order from a date so specified.
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(2) (a) In this subsection “the relevant local authorities” means the county councils or city councils which are liable to provide funds to the joint drainage committee concerned.
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(b) Where an order is made under subsection (1), then from the date specified in the order the joint drainage committee so specified is dissolved and ceases to exist and the functions of that committee shall become and be functions of and vest in each of the relevant local authorities for so much of the drainage district as is within each of their administrative areas.
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(c) The relevant local authorities may make such joint arrangements as may be necessary for the carrying out of the functions of the dissolved joint drainage committee.
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(3) (a) The manager for a joint drainage committee to which an order under subsection (1) applies shall take all such steps as may be necessary—
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(i) in preparation for and arising from the dissolution of the committee, and the winding-up of its affairs generally, and
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(ii) for the making of such joint or other arrangements as may be necessary for the carrying out of its functions.
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(b) It is the duty of the local authorities concerned to co-operate as regards the operation of any arrangements under paragraph (a)(ii).
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