sec.14Liability of local government to contribute to trust

### sec.14 Liability of local government to contribute to trust Every local government the area or any part of the area of which is included in a river improvement area shall be liable to contribute to the trust constituted for such river improvement area in each year the sum hereinafter prescribed. If the river improvement area is comprised of the area or part of the area of any one local government the sum to be so contributed shall be the amount of revenue estimated by the trust in the budget adopted by it for such year. If the river improvement area comprises areas or parts of areas of more than 1 local government the sum to be so contributed by each such local government is the amount negotiated and agreed each financial year by the trust and each of the local governments. If there is a failure under subsection (1B) , within a time the Minister considers reasonable, to negotiate and agree an amount to be contributed by a local government, the amount the local government must contribute is the amount decided by the Minister. For the purpose of obtaining payment from a local government of the amount payable by it hereunder to the trust in any year, the trust shall have full power and authority to issue a precept signed by the chairperson or any 2 members to such local government stating therein the sum to be contributed by such local government and requiring such local government within a time limited by the precept to pay the sum mentioned to the credit of the general fund of the trust. For the purpose of recovering the amount of any such precept the trust shall have and may exercise all or any of the powers, functions, and rights of a local government under the Local Government Act 2009 , and a local government upon which such precept is issued shall be subject to all such duties, responsibilities, and obligations and have all such powers and authorities in respect of the payment of the sum mentioned and the raising of such amount as if such precept were a precept duly issued to such local government by a joint local government, and all the relative provisions of the Local Government Act 2009 shall, mutatis mutandis, apply and extend accordingly. s 14 amd 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 27 ss 4, 12; 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 71 s 5; 1965 No. 34 s 9 ; 1981 No. 95 s 5 ; 1997 No. 17 s 74 sch ; 2009 No. 17 s 331 sch 1 ; 2014 No. 64 s 41 (sec.14-ssec.1) Every local government the area or any part of the area of which is included in a river improvement area shall be liable to contribute to the trust constituted for such river improvement area in each year the sum hereinafter prescribed. (sec.14-ssec.1A) If the river improvement area is comprised of the area or part of the area of any one local government the sum to be so contributed shall be the amount of revenue estimated by the trust in the budget adopted by it for such year. (sec.14-ssec.1B) If the river improvement area comprises areas or parts of areas of more than 1 local government the sum to be so contributed by each such local government is the amount negotiated and agreed each financial year by the trust and each of the local governments. (sec.14-ssec.1C) If there is a failure under subsection (1B) , within a time the Minister considers reasonable, to negotiate and agree an amount to be contributed by a local government, the amount the local government must contribute is the amount decided by the Minister. (sec.14-ssec.2) For the purpose of obtaining payment from a local government of the amount payable by it hereunder to the trust in any year, the trust shall have full power and authority to issue a precept signed by the chairperson or any 2 members to such local government stating therein the sum to be contributed by such local government and requiring such local government within a time limited by the precept to pay the sum mentioned to the credit of the general fund of the trust. (sec.14-ssec.2A) For the purpose of recovering the amount of any such precept the trust shall have and may exercise all or any of the powers, functions, and rights of a local government under the Local Government Act 2009 , and a local government upon which such precept is issued shall be subject to all such duties, responsibilities, and obligations and have all such powers and authorities in respect of the payment of the sum mentioned and the raising of such amount as if such precept were a precept duly issued to such local government by a joint local government, and all the relative provisions of the Local Government Act 2009 shall, mutatis mutandis, apply and extend accordingly.