HC Deb 22 July 1919 vol 118 c1290

(2) Any expenses (incurred by the Board in the exercise of such powers as aforesaid shall in the first instance be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament, but the amount certified by the Board to have been so expended, and to be properly payable by a local authority, shall on demand be paid to the Board by the local authority and shall be recoverable as a debt due to the Crown, and the sum so payable to the Board shall be a purpose for which the local authority may borrow under Part ill. of the principal Act.

Lords Amendment:

In Sub-section (2), after the word "and" ["the Crown and the sum"], insert the words the payment of.

Agreed to.