Rates on Agricultural Land (Relief) Act, 1939
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Adjustment on alteration of boundaries, etc. |
5.—(1) Whenever by virtue of an order made at any time after the passing of this Act a new urban district is constituted or the boundaries of an old urban district or of a borough which is not a county borough are extended and by virtue of such order any agricultural land in a county becomes included within the boundaries of such new urban district, old urban district, or borough (as the case may be), the portion of the agricultural grant in respect of any year commencing on the date of or at any time after the coming into operation of such order which under section 50 of the Act of 1898 is to be applied by the council of such county to the relief of such agricultural land from rates shall be such portion as the Minister shall fix in lieu of the sum mentioned in the said section 50. | |
(2) Whenever by virtue of an order made by the Minister at any time after the passing of this Act the boundaries of a county borough are so extended as to include in such county borough agricultural land which formed part of a county immediately before such extension, the portion of the agricultural grant in respect of any year commencing on the date of or at any time after the coming into operation of such order which under section 50 of the Act of 1898 (as applied by any other enactment) is payable to the council or corporation of such county borough shall be such portion as the Minister shall fix by such order in lieu of the sum mentioned in the said section 50, and the sum stated in the second column of the Schedule to this Act opposite to the name of such county where it appears in the first column of the said Schedule shall, for the purpose of the application of the said Schedule to the agricultural grant in respect of any such financial year as aforesaid, be reduced by a sum equal to the portion of the agricultural grant so fixed by the Minister. |