Commentary on Sections Section 255I – Expenses of general lighthouse authorities
26.This new section provides for unrecovered costs incurred by general lighthouse authorities (GLAs) in complying with directions under new sections 255C and 255F of the Act to be reimbursed from the General Lighthouse Fund (GLF) and provides for the application of section 213 of the Act. Section 213 requires payments out of the GLF to have been allowed as part of a GLA’s establishment expenses or approved by the Secretary of State. Each GLA must submit an estimate of expenses in respect of lighthouses, buoys and beacon. In an emergency a GLA may incur expenses without waiting for approval, but the GLA must submit a full account expenses as soon as possible afterwards.