§ (1) A district board may, subject to the approval of the Board and of the Secretary of Scotland—
- (a) undertake or combine with any other district board in undertaking, or contribute such sums of money upon such conditions as they may think fit towards, the establishment, building, alteration, enlargement, rebuilding, or management of institutions certified or intended to be certified as institutions for defectives under this Act or the purchase of any land required for the use of a certified institution or for the site of an institution intended to be certified under this Act; and
- (b) contract with the managers of any certified institution for defectives for the reception and maintenance in the institution of persons for whose reception and maintenance the district board are by this Act required or authorised to make provision.
§ (2) The expenses incurred by a district board under this section shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be charged to the assessment authorised to be levied by the district board under the Lunacy Acts and this Act.
§ Amendment made: Leave out the words "to make provision.
§ (2) The expenses incurred by a district board under this section shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be charged to the assessment authorised to be levied by the district board under the Lunacy Acts and this Act."