Section 51: Provisional apportionment of expenses

51. Provisional apportionment of expenses (1) In a provisional apportionment of expenses of road works under this Part, the apportionment of expenses between the premises liable to be charged shall, subject to this section, be made according to the frontage of the respective premises. (2) The local authority may, if it thinks just, resolve that, in settling the apportionment, regard shall be had to— (a) the greater or lesser degree of benefit to be derived by any premises from the works; and (b) the amount and value of works already effected by the owners or occupiers of the premises. (3) The local authority may, if it thinks just, include in the apportionment any premises which do not front the road but have access to it through a Court, passage or otherwise, and which will, in the opinion of the authority, be benefited by the works, and may, by reference to the degree of benefit to be derived by those premises, fix the amount to be apportioned on them.