Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919

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Powers of Board of Agriculture and Fisheries in case of default by local authority.

3.—(1) Where a local authority having power to enforce this Act fails, in respect of land of which it is the occupier, to comply with the provisions of section one of this Act or fails, in respect of land for which it is the local authority under section two of this Act, to execute or enforce any of the provisions of this Act, the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries may by order empower the person therein named to enter upon such land and to execute and enforce those provisions or to procure the execution and enforcement thereof.

(2) The expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Board by reason of any such default of a local authority shall be paid to the Board on demand by the treasurer or other proper officer of that local authority, and in default of payment the Board may recover the amount of such expenses (except in so far as such expenses are otherwise recoverable under this Act) from the local authority; and any sum paid by a local authority under this section shall be defrayed as expenses under this Act.

(3) For the purposes of this section, any statement contained in an order of the Board that a local authority has failed to comply with, execute, or enforce any of the provisions of this Act shall be conclusive evidence of such default, and a certificate by the Board of expenses incurred under this section shall be conclusive evidence of such expenses.