64In section 2(2) of the Town Development Act 1952 (Exchequer contributions to councils of receiving districts), after paragraph (e), there shall be inserted the following paragraph:—
“(ee)payments under section 16 of the Water Act 1973 in respect of the provision of a public sewer needed for the purposes or in consequence of the development.”
65(1)In section 7 of the Town Development Act 1952 (authorities eligible to participate) for paragraph (d) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—
“(d)a water authority”,
and any other reference to a joint water or sewerage board in sections 7 and 8 of that Act shall be construed as a reference to a water authority.
(2)Section 8(4) of that Act (exercise of sewerage functions by participating authorities) shall cease to have effect.