(1)If the whole or any part of the area for the time being comprised in a borough having a separate court of quarter sessions was, before the eleventh of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, chargeable with or liable to contribute to the county rate of the county in which it is situate, the municipal corporation shall, . . . F1 continue liable to contribute to the county rate for other purposes (in this Act referred to as general county purposes), as if this Act had not been passed.
(2)General county purposes shall not include the costs arising out of coroners’ inquests, or the expenses incurred under the M1Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875, in respect of the county, . . . F2, or payments to or in respect of special constables.
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), Sch. 11 Pt. IV
F2Words repealed by Weights and Measures Act 1963 (c. 31), Sch. 9 Pt. I
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