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Second Schedule to the Army Act (which requires billets to be made out to the less distant victualling houses ) shall not apply.

(4) Any regulations as to prices so made shall be laid before each House of Parliament as soon as may be after they are made, and if within forty days after they have been so laid either House presents an Address to His Majesty praying that any such regulations may be annulled , His Majesty may thereupon by Order in Council annul the same, and the regulations so annulled shall thenceforth become void without prejudice to anything done thereunder in the meantime.

(5) For the purposes of this section— 

The expression "public building" includes any building wholly or partially provided or maintained out of the rates , and any building to which the public habituallly have access, whether on payment or otherwise;

The expression "chief officer of police"

(a) As respects the City of London, means the Commissioner of City Police, and elsewhere in England has the same meaning as in the Police Act, 1890;[1]

(b) In Scotland has the same meaning as in the Police (Scotland) Act, 1890;[2]

(c) As respects the police district of Dublin metropolis, means the Chief Commissioner of Police for that district, and elsewhere means a county inspector of the Royal Irish Constabulary.

In the case of unoccupied premises this section shall apply as if the owner were the occupier thereof.

(6) Compensation shall be paid by the Admiralty out of money voted by Parliament for naval services in respect of any damage caused by any officer or man billeted under this section to the premises in which he is billeted , and the amount of such compensation shall in the event of disagreement be determined—

(a) in England by arbitration under the Arbitration Act, 1889;[3]

(b) in Scotland in the same manner as a question of disputed compensation under subsection ( 10) of section twenty-five of the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1894;[4]

(c) in Ireland by arbitration under the Common Law Procedure Amendment Act (Ireland), 1856,[5] as amended by any subsequent enactment.

Provisions of Army Act applied by Section 108A thereof.

103.—(1) Every chief officer of police being in charge at any place in the United Kingdom mentioned in the billeting requisition shall, on the demand of officer or other person in charge of
  1. ↑ (a) 53-4 V. c. 45.
  2. ↑ (b) 53-4 V. c. 66.
  3. ↑ (c) 52-3 V. c. 49.
  4. ↑ (d) 57-8 V. c. 58.
  5. ↑ (e) 19-20 V. c. 102.
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