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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - LONG TITLE

An Act to make further provision respecting local government areas
and functions, including provision with regard to rating, water
supplies and sewerage, the purchase and appropriation of land for
local government purposes, and provision regarding local government
contracts and superannuation; to amend the law with respect to the
payment of certain grants by and to local authorities and with
respect to certain matters of local government administration; to
amend section 34 of and Schedule 4 to the New Towns Act (Northern
Ireland) 1965; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
[22nd November 1966]
Local government areasNSs.1,2 rep. by 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 3
Provisions as to officers.

3. Subs.(1) rep. by 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9

(2) The Ministry with the approval of the Ministry of Finance shall
by regulations make provision for the payment, on such terms and
subject to such conditions as may be specified in the regulations,
of compensation to any officer or servant of a district or county
council who in consequence of a transfer order suffers loss of
employment or loss or diminution of emoluments.

(3) Regulations under this section may include provisions as to

(a)the funds out of which and the authorities by whom compensation
is to be defrayed;

(b)the manner in which and the time within which and the person to
whom any claim for compensation is to be made; and

(c)the determination of questions arising under the regulations.

(4) Regulations under this section shall be subject to negative
resolution.

S.4 rep. by 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9. Ss. 58 rep. by 1972 NI 16
art.63(3) sch.19 Pt.I. Ss. 9,10 rep. by 1973 NI 2 art.60(2) sch.4.
S.11 rep. by 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9

Contracts of the Fire Authority for Northern Ireland.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 12

12.(1) Subject to the succeeding provisions of this section a local
authority may enter into contracts necessary for the discharge of
any of their functions.

(2) All contracts made by a local authority or by a committee
thereof shall be made in accordance with the standing orders of the
local authority and in the case of contracts for the supply of
goods or materials or for the execution of works, the standing
orders shall

(a)require that, except as otherwise provided by or under the
standing orders, notice of the intention of the authority or a
committee of the authority to enter into the contract shall be
published and tenders invited; and

(b)regulate the manner in which such notice shall be published and
tenders invited.

(3) A person entering into a contract with a local authority shall
not be bound to inquire whether the standing orders of the
authority which apply to the contract have been complied with, and
all contracts entered into by a local authority, if otherwise valid,
shall, notwithstanding that the standing orders applicable thereto
have not been complied with, have full force and effect.

Subs.(4) rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/285

(5) Where any part of the expenditure to be incurred by a local
authority on foot of any contract proposed to be entered into by
them would fall to be defrayed by way of a grant from public
funds other than the General Exchequer Contribution payable to or
for the benefit of the authority under the Local Government
(Finance) Acts (Northern Ireland) 1929 to 1958, the Ministry by whom
payment of such grant would be made or recommended may issue
directions, either generally or in a particular case or cases, that
the authority shall not enter into the contract otherwise than by
acceptance of a tender submitted after public notice inviting tenders
has been duly given, without first obtaining the written approval of
that Ministry; and where any such direction has been issued it
shall be the duty of the authority to give effect thereto.

Subs.(6) rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/285

[(7) In this section the words "local authority" shall be construed
as meaning the Fire Authority for Northern Ireland.]

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 13
Grants to district councils for acquisition of open spaces, etc.

13. Subs.(1)(2) rep. by 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9; subs.(3) rep. by
1976 NI 21 art.18 sch.3

(4) Nothing in this section shall be taken as preventing a contract
or instrument from being made or executed under seal ... by or on
behalf of a new town commission.

Ss.14,15 rep. (from 1.5.1981) by 1972 NI 10 art.23 schs.7,8; SR
1981/96

1962 c.2

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 16

16.(1) Where a [district council] acquire under any enactment any
land with the approval of the Ministry for the purpose of a public
park, open space, pleasure ground, recreation ground or public walk
the Ministry with the approval of the Ministry of Finance may,
subject to such conditions as it thinks fit, pay to the [district
council] a grant not exceeding seventy-five per cent. of the
expenditure which the Ministry is satisfied was reasonably and
properly incurred by the [council] in acquiring the land or any
part thereof.

(2) Where, with the approval of the Ministry, a [district council]
acting in pursuance of any statutory power exercisable by them in
that behalf appropriate, for any of the purposes mentioned in
subsection (1), any land vested in them, the Ministry with the
approval of the Ministry of Finance may, subject to such conditions
as it thinks fit, pay to the [district council] a grant of such
amount as the Ministry considers proper, having regard to all the
circumstances, but the amount of any such grant shall not exceed
the amount of grant which the Ministry would have had power to pay
under subsection (1) if the [council] had acquired the land on the
date on which they appropriated it.

(3) A grant shall not be paid under this section in respect of
any expenditure in respect of which a grant is paid by the
Ministry of Education under section 2 of the Youth Welfare, Physical
Training and Recreation Act (Northern Ireland) 1962.

S.17 rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/285

Interpretation.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 18

18.(1) Subject to subsection (2), and without prejudice to any other
powers exercisable by them, a [district council] may do, or arrange
for the doing of, or contribute towards the expenses of the doing
of, anything necessary or expedient for any of the following
purposes, that is to say

(a)the promotion of the arts in Northern Ireland, whether by
contributions to the Arts Council of Northern Ireland or by other
means;

(b)the provision of an entertainment of any nature;

(c)the provision of a theatre, concert hall, or other premises
suitable for the giving of such entertainments;

(d)the maintenance of a band or orchestra;

(e)any purpose incidental to the matters aforesaid, including the
provision, in connection with the giving of any such entertainment,
of refreshments or programmes and the advertising of any such
entertainment.

(2) The powers conferred on a [district council] by paragraphs (b)
to (e) of subsection (1) shall not be exercised in relation to any
entertainment held in any place outside the area of that [council],
or in relation to a theatre, concert hall, or other premises
situate in any place outside that area, unless

(a)that place is convenient for residents in the area of that
[council];

(b)the [district council] for the area within which that place is
situate consent.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions
of this section, a [district council]

(a)may for the purposes authorised by those provisions enclose or
set apart any part of a park or pleasure ground belonging to the
[council] or under their control not exceeding one acre or one-tenth
of the area of the park or pleasure ground whichever is the
greater;

(b)may permit any theatre, concert hall, or other premises provided
by them for any of the purposes mentioned in subsection (1) and
any part of a park or pleasure ground enclosed or set apart as
aforesaid, to be used for any such purpose by any other person, on
such terms as to payment or otherwise as the [council] think fit,
and may authorise that other person to make charges for admission
thereto;

(c)may themselves make charges for admission to any entertainment
held by them and for any refreshment or programmes supplied at any
such entertainment.

(4) Nothing in this section shall authorise any [district council]
to fail to observe and perform any covenant or condition subject to
which a gift or lease of a public park or pleasure ground has
been accepted or made without the consent of the donor, grantor,
lessor or other person entitled in law to the benefit of the
covenant or condition.

(5) Nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of any
enactment by virtue of which a licence is required for the public
performance of a stage play or the public exhibition of
cinematograph films, or for boxing or wrestling entertainments or for
public music, or for the sale of intoxicating liquor.

Ss.1921 rep. by 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9. S.22 rep. (from
1.5.1981) by SR 1981/96. S.23 rep. by 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9.
S.24 amends s.110 of 1878 c.52. S.25(1) rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/285;
subs.(2) adds s.34(3) to 1965 c.13 (NI). S.26 rep. by SLR 1976

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 27
Short title, citation and construction.

27.(1) In this Act

Definitions rep. by 1972 NI 16 art.63(3) sch.19 Pt.I; SRO (NI)
1973/285

"Ministry" has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(1);

Definitions rep. by 1972 NI 16 art.63(3) sch.19 Pt.I

"transfer order" has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(1);

Definition rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/285

Subs.(2) rep. by 1972 NI 16 art.63(3) sch.19 Pt.I

S.28 rep. by SLR 1973

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 29
1965 c.13

29.(1) This Act may be cited as the Local Government Act (Northern
Ireland) 1966.

Subs.(2) rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/285; subs.(3) rep. by 1972 NI 10
art.23 sch.8

(4) This subsection and section 24 shall be construed as one with
the Public Health Acts (Northern Ireland) 1878 to 1962, and may be
cited together with those Acts as the Public Health Acts (Northern
Ireland) 1878 to 1966.

(5) This subsection, section 13(3), section 13(4) (so far as it
applies to a new town commission) and section 25 shall be construed
as one with the New Towns Act (Northern Ireland) 1965, and may be
cited together with that Act as the New Towns Acts (Northern
Ireland) 1965 and 1966.

(6) The provisions of this Act, other than those mentioned in the
four last-foregoing subsections, shall be construed as one with the
Local Government Acts (Northern Ireland) 1898 to 1964 and may be
cited together with those Acts as the Local Government Acts
(Northern Ireland) 1898 to 1966.

(7) Commencement

Schedules 13 rep. by 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9