The judge of any court or a justice of the peace is not disqualified for acting in cases arising under this Act by reason only of his being as one of several ratepayers, or as one of any other class of persons, liable in common with the others to contribute to, or to be benefited by, any rate or fund out of which any expenses of a council are to be defrayed.
Section 319: Judges and justices not to be disqualified by liability to rates.
Highways Act 1980 · 1980 c. 66View on legislation.gov.uk
Part XIV: Miscellaneous and Supplementary Provisions
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