Provisions relating to expenses incurred by Director of Health Services or Local Authority

(1) Whenever the Director of Health Services or any Local Authority has incurred expenses for the repayment whereof the owner of the premises for or in respect of which the same is incurred is made liable under this Act, or by any agreement with the Director of Health Services or Local (a) any settlement or apportionment of such expenses shall be binding and conclusive on such owner, unless within three months from the service of notice on him of the amount so settled and apportioned, he shall by written notice dispute the same; (b) the Director of Health Services or Local Authority, as the case may be, may, with the consent of the Minister, by order declare any such expenses to be payable by annual instalments within a period not exceeding ten years, with interest at a rate not exceeding six dollars per centum per annum, until the whole amount is paid, and any such instalments and interest, or any part thereof, may be recovered from the owner or occupier for the time being of such premises; 100 (c) such expenses may be recovered, together with interest at the rate of six dollars per centum per annum from the date of service of a demand notice for the same until payment thereof, in civil proceedings instituted by the State under the Crown Proceedings Act, Cap. 167, or by the Local Authority, as the case may be, from any person who is the owner of the premises for which such expenses have been incurred when the works are completed, and until recovery of such expenses and interest the same shall be a charge on the premises in respect of which they were (2) In this section, “Local Authority” means the Belize City Council acting in relation to Belize City under the Belize City Council Act, Cap. 85, the Belmopan City Council acting in relation to the City of Belmopan under the Belmopan City Council Act, Cap. 86 or any Town Council acting in relation to any town mentioned in the Schedule to the Town Councils Act, Cap. 87 or which may be added to the said Schedule.