Unemployment (Relief Works) Act, 1940

Payment for betterment.

16.—(1) Whenever the value of any property is increased by the execution of a certified work, sections 72 , 73 , 75 , 77 and 78 (which relate to payment for betterment) of the Town and Regional Planning Act, 1934 (No. 22 of 1934), shall apply and have effect in relation to such increased value in like manner as if such increase had been caused by the execution of a work by a responsible authority in pursuance of a provision contained in a planning scheme, but with and subject to the following modifications, that is to say:—

(a) every reference to or mention of the responsible authority contained in any of the said sections shall be construed and have effect as a reference to or mention of the local authority which is the executing authority in respect of the said certified work;

(b) an application for payment of betterment may be made at any time within twelve months after the completion of the certified work to which it relates,

(c) every reference to or mention of the register contained in any of the said sections shall be construed and have effect as a reference to or mention of the register required by this section to be kept by every local authority executing a certified work;

(d) such other (if any) modifications as the Minister shall think proper to make by order for the purpose of enabling the said sections to have full force and effect for the purposes of this Act.

(2) Every local authority executing a certified work shall keep a register for the purposes of the said sections of the Town and Regional Planning Act, 1934 (No. 22 of 1934), applied by this section and shall make in such register all such entries as are required to be made therein by the said sections as so applied.

(3) All moneys received by a local authority, by virtue of the said sections of the Town and Regional Planning Act, 1934 (No. 22 of 1934), applied by this section, as payment for betterment in respect of a certified work executed by such local authority shall be applied by such local authority in or towards the discharge of the expenses incurred in the execution of such work, and the surplus (if any) of such money remaining after discharging such expenses shall be applied in such manner as such local authority shall, with the consent of the Minister, decide.