SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2E+W+S Provisions applicable where Local Authority carries out Remedial Operations on Disused Tip of which it is Owner

7(1)In any case where—E+W+S

(a)a local authority has carried out remedial operations in the circumstances referred to in paragraph 1 above, and

(b)an order has been made under section 19 requiring any person to make a contribution towards the expenses otherwise falling to be borne by the local authority, as owner of the disused tip, and

(c)a grant has been made under section 25 and the Minister proposes to give a direction under section 25(4),

section 25(4) shall have effect as if, for the words from “recoverable” to “section 23(1)” there were substituted the words “recoverable from any contributories under paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to this Act in respect of the expenditure referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c) of sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph”, and section 25(5) shall not apply.

(2)Where sub-paragraph (1) above applies, then, in relation to the recovery of any sum from a contributory under paragraph 6 above, that paragraph shall have effect subject to the following modifications—

(a)the amount recoverable under sub-paragraph (1) thereof shall be limited to the specified percentage of the amount specified in the direction;

(b)a demand under sub-paragraph (2) shall state that the direction has been given and shall state the amount specified in the direction;

(c)in sub-paragraph (2), paragraph (a) shall be construed as applying to the total amount which would have been recoverable by the local authority under paragraph 6 if no direction had been given; and

(d)in paragraph (c) of sub-paragraph (4), for the words from “aggregate” onwards there shall be substituted the words “amount specified in the direction”.