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River Improvement Trust Act 1940
sec.14BOther contributions in aid of works
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### sec.14B Other contributions in aid of works
A trust may make with any corporation, instrumentality or authority created by or under any Act an arrangement whereby such corporation, instrumentality or authority undertakes to contribute in aid of the undertaking and maintenance, or undertaking or maintenance, of any works by the trust under this Act which are or will be to the benefit of such corporation, instrumentality or authority.
A trust may make with the owner or, where the owner is not the occupier, with the owner and occupier, of land within the trust’s river improvement area an arrangement under which the owner or occupier undertakes to contribute to the undertaking or maintenance of any works by the trust which are or will be to the benefit of the owner or occupier.
A trust may do all things necessary or convenient to be done in connection with, or incidental to, the making of an arrangement under subsection (1) or (2) , including, for example—
entering into and complying with contracts, agreements or arrangements the trust considers to be necessary or desirable to enable it to properly perform its functions under this section; and
obtaining, taking and holding securities for the payment of any amount by any person under this section, including interest charges and expenses chargeable to the owner or occupier.
An arrangement made by a trust under subsection (2) is binding on the trust and all other parties to the agreement, their successors, executors, administrators, and permitted assigns.
Any amount payable to the trust under this section and not paid is recoverable by the trust as a debt.
s 14B ins 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 71 s 6
amd 1981 No. 95 s 6 ; 2001 No. 71 s 551 sch 1 ; 2014 No. 64 s 43
(sec.14B-ssec.1) A trust may make with any corporation, instrumentality or authority created by or under any Act an arrangement whereby such corporation, instrumentality or authority undertakes to contribute in aid of the undertaking and maintenance, or undertaking or maintenance, of any works by the trust under this Act which are or will be to the benefit of such corporation, instrumentality or authority.
(sec.14B-ssec.2) A trust may make with the owner or, where the owner is not the occupier, with the owner and occupier, of land within the trust’s river improvement area an arrangement under which the owner or occupier undertakes to contribute to the undertaking or maintenance of any works by the trust which are or will be to the benefit of the owner or occupier.
(sec.14B-ssec.3) A trust may do all things necessary or convenient to be done in connection with, or incidental to, the making of an arrangement under subsection (1) or (2) , including, for example— entering into and complying with contracts, agreements or arrangements the trust considers to be necessary or desirable to enable it to properly perform its functions under this section; and obtaining, taking and holding securities for the payment of any amount by any person under this section, including interest charges and expenses chargeable to the owner or occupier.
(sec.14B-ssec.4) An arrangement made by a trust under subsection (2) is binding on the trust and all other parties to the agreement, their successors, executors, administrators, and permitted assigns.
(sec.14B-ssec.5) Any amount payable to the trust under this section and not paid is recoverable by the trust as a debt.
- (a) entering into and complying with contracts, agreements or arrangements the trust considers to be necessary or desirable to enable it to properly perform its functions under this section; and
- (b) obtaining, taking and holding securities for the payment of any amount by any person under this section, including interest charges and expenses chargeable to the owner or occupier.