Local Government Act 1894 (c.73)

Local Government Act 1894

1894 c.73 56_and_57_Vict

An Act to make further provision for Local Government in England and Wales.

[5th March 1894]

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1	Councils of administrative counties, boroughs (except those in rural districts), urban districts, rural districts and urban parishes outside Greater London and Isles of Scilly together with municipal corporations of boroughs outside Greater London now abolished and councils of metropolitan counties, non-metropolitan counties and districts constituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), ss. 1, 2, Sch. 1
C2	Act amended with the substitution for any reference to a rural parish or its council or meeting of a reference to (E.) a parish or its council or meeting and (W.) a community or its council by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 179 subject as in that section mentioned
C3	Functions of Local Government Board now exercisable by Secretary of State: Ministry of Health Act 1919 (c. 21), s. 3(1)(a), S.I. 1951/142, 1900 (1951 I, pp. 1348, 1347), S.I. 1965/319 and 1970/1681 Act: transfer of functions (W.) (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1
C4	Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

Part I

Parish Meetings and Parish Councils

1—4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F1	Ss. 1–4 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

Powers and Duties of Parish Councils and Parish Meetings

†Parish council to appoint overseers.

— (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

(a)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

(b)

references in any Act to the churchwardens and overseers shall, as respects any rural parish, except so far as those references relate to the affairs of the church, be construed as references to the overseers,

(c)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F2	S. 5(1)(2)(a) repealed by Rating and Valuation Act 1925 (c. 90), Sch. 8
F3	Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)
F4	S. 5(2)(c) repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C5	Unreliable margin note
C6	Functions of churchwardens and overseers now generally exercisable in City of London by Common Council and elsewhere by rating authorities: City of London (Union of Parishes) Act 1907 (c. xl), s. 11, London Government Act 1899 (c. 14), s. 11(1), Rating and Valuation Act 1925 (c. 90), s. 62(1), S.R. & O. 1927/55 (Rev. XIX, p. 599: 1927, p. 964), London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), s. 63(1) and General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9), s. 1(1)

Transfer of certain powers of vestry and other authorities to parish council.

— (1) Upon the parish council of a rural parish coming into office, there shall be transferred to that council:—

(a)

The powers, duties, and liabilities of the vestry of the parish except—

(i) so far as relates to the affairs of the church or to ecclesiastical charities; and

(ii) any power, duty, or liability transferred by this Act from the vestry to any other authority:

(b)

The powers, duties, and liabilities of the churchwardens of the parish, except so far as they relate to the affairs of the church or to charities, or are powers and duties of overseers . . . F5

(c)

The powers, duties, and liabilities of the overseers or of the churchwardens and overseers of the parish with respect to—

(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6

(ii) The provision of parish books . . . F7 or matters relating thereto; and

(iii) The holding or management of parish property, not being property relating to affairs of the church or held for an ecclesiastical charity, and the holding or management of village greens, or of allotments, whether for recreation grounds or for gardens or otherwise for the benefit of the inhabitants or any of them;

(d)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9

(3)(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F5	Words repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV
F6	S. 6(1)(c)(i) repealed by Rating and Valuation Act 1925 (c. 90), Sch. 8
F7	Words repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV and Fire Brigades Act 1938 (c. 72), Sch. 3 Pt. I
F8	S. 6(1)(d) repealed by Local Government Act 1929 (c. 17), Sch. 12 Pt. VII
F9	S. 6(2) repealed by Housing Act 1925 (c. 14), Sch. 6
F10	S. 6(3)(4) repealed by Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908 (c. 36), Sch. 3
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C7	Functions of churchwardens and overseers now generally exercisable in City of London by Common Council and elsewhere by rating authorities: City of London (Union of Parishes) Act 1907 (c. xl), s. 11, London Government Act 1899 (c. 14), s. 11(1), Rating and Valuation Act 1925 (c. 90), s. 62(1), S.R. & O. 1927/55 (Rev. XIX, p. 599: 1927, p. 964), London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), s. 63(1) and General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9), s. 1(1)

7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F11	S. 7 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

Additional powers of parish council.

— (1) A parish council shall have the following additional powers, namely, power—

(a)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12

(b)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13

(c)

to apply to the Board of Agriculture under section nine of the M1 Commons Act, 1876; and

(d)

. . . F14 sections one hundred and eighty-three to one hundred and eighty-six of the M2 Public Health Act, 1875, shall apply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14 as if the parish council were a local authority within the meaning of those sections; and

(e)(f)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15

[F16 (g)

to acquire by agreement any right of way, whether within their parish or an adjoining parish, the acquisition of which is beneficial to the inhabitants of the parish or any part thereof; and]

(h)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17

(i)

to execute any works (including works of maintenance or improvement) incidental to or consequential on the exercise of any of the foregoing powers, or in relation to any parish property, not being property relating to affairs of the church or held for an ecclesiastical charity; and

(k)

to contribute towards the expense of doing any of the things above mentioned, or to agree or combine with any other parish council to do or contribute towards the expense of doing any of the things above mentioned.

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17

(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18

(4) Notice of any application to the Board of Agriculture in relation to a common shall be served upon the council of every parish in which any part of the common to which the application relates is situate.

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F12	S. 8(1)(a) repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV
F13	S. 8(1)(b repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30
F14	Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30
F15	S. 8(1)(e)(f) repealed by Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49), s. 346, Sch. 3 Pt. V
F16	S. 8(1)(g) repealed so far as it applies to a highway within the meaning of the Highways Act 1959 by Highways Act 1959 (c. 25), Sch. 25
F17	S. 8(1)(h)(2) repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV
F18	S. 8(3) repealed by Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49), s. 346, Sch. 3 Pt. V
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C8	Functions of Board of Agriculture now exercisable by Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1903 (c. 31), s. 1(1), Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1919 (c. 91), s. 1 and S.I. 1955/554 (1955 I, p. 1200)
C9	S. 8(1)(i) extended by Local Government Act 1929 (c. 17), s. 115(3)
Marginal Citations
M1	1876 c. 56.
M2	1875 c. 55.

9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F19	S. 9 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F20

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F20	S. 10 repealed by Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1907 (c. 54), Sch. 2

11, 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F21

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F21	Ss. 11, 12 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F22

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F22	S. 13 repealed by Highways Act 1959 (c. 25), s. 312(2), Sch. 25

14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F23

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F23	S. 14 repealed by Charities Act 1960 (c. 58), Sch. 7 Pt. I

15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F24

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F24	S. 15 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F25

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F25	Ss. 16, 19(8) repealed by S.I. 1979/1123, art. 3(1)

17, 18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F26

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F26	Ss. 17, 18, 19(1)–(3) repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

19.

Provisions as to small parishes.

In a rural parish not having a separate parish council, the following provisions shall, . . . F27 subject to provisions made by a grouping order, if the parish is grouped with some other parish or parishes, have effect:—

(1)—(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F28

(4) All powers, duties, and liabilities of the vestry shall, except so far as they relate to the affairs of the Church or to ecclesiastical charities, or are transferred by this Act to any other authority, be transferred to the parish meeting;

(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F29

(6)(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F30

(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F31

(9)—(11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F30

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F27	Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)
F28	Ss. 17, 18, 19(1)–(3) repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV
F29	S. 19(5) repealed by Rating and Valuation Act 1925 (c. 90), Sch. 8 and Charities Act 1960 (c. 58), Sch. 7 Pt. I
F30	S. 19(6)(7)(9)–(11) repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV
F31	Ss. 16, 19(8) repealed by S.I. 1979/1123, art. 3(1)

Part II

Guardians and District Councils

20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F32

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F32	S. 20 repealed by Poor Law Act 1927 (c. 14), Sch. 11

21.

Names of county districts and district councils.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F33 ,—

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F34

(3) In this [F35 and every other] Act of Parliament, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression “district council” shall include the council of every urban district, whether a borough or not, and of every rural district, and the expression “county district” shall include every urban and rural district whether a borough or not.

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F33	Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)
F34	Ss. 21(2), 22–24 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV
F35	Words repealed except so far as they apply to any enactment passed before 1st June 1934 by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV and so far as they apply to Rating and Valuation Act 1925 (c. 90) by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), Sch. 18 Pt. II

22—24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F36

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F36	Ss. 21(2), 22–24 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

25.

†Powers of district council with respect to sanitary and highway matters.

— (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F37

(2)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F38

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F39

(5)(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F40

(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F41

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F37	S. 25(1) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XII
F38	S. 25(2)(3) repealed by Highways Act 1959 (c. 25),s. 312(2), Sch. 25 and London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), s. 16(2), Sch. 6 para. 70
F39	S. 25(4) repealed by Local Government Act 1929 (c. 17), Sch. 12 Pt. III
F40	S. 25(5)(6) repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV
F41	S. 25(7) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VIII
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C10	Unreliable margin note

26.

†Duties and powers of district council as to rights of way, rights of common, and roadside wastes.

— (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F42

(2) A district council may with the consent of the county council for the county within which any common land is situate aid persons in maintaining rights of common where, in the opinion of the council, the extinction of such rights would be prejudicial to the inhabitants of the district; and may with the like consent exercise in relation to any common within their district all such powers as may, under section eight of the M3 Commons Act, 1876, be exercised by an urban sanitary authority in relation to any common referred to in that section; and notice of any application to the Board of Agriculture in relation to any common within their district shall be served upon the district council.

(3) A district council may, for the purpose of carrying into effect this section, institute or defend any legal proceedings, and generally take such steps as they deem expedient.

(4)—(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F42

(7) Nothing in this section shall prejudice any powers exerciseable by an urban sanitary authority at the passing of this Act, . . . F43

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F42	S. 26(1)(4)–(6) repealed by Highways Act 1959 (c. 25), s. 312(2), Sch. 25 and London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), s. 16(2), Sch. 6 para. 70
F43	Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XII
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C11	Unreliable margin note
C12	Functions of Board of Agriculture under s. 26(2) now exercisable by Secretary of State: Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1903 (c. 31), s. 1(1), Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1919 (c. 91), s. 1 and S.I. 1955/554 (1955 I, p. 1200), 1965/143, 319, 1967/156, 1970/1681
Marginal Citations
M3	1876 c. 56.

27.

Transfer of certain powers of justices to district councils.

— (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F44 the powers, duties, and liabilities of justices out of session in relation to any of the matters following, that is to say,—

(a)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F45

(b)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F46

(c)

the licensing of dealers in game;

(d)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F47

(e)

the abolition of fairs and alteration of days for holding fairs;

(f)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F47

when arising within a county district, shall be transferred to the district council of the district.

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F48

(3) All fees payable in respect of the powers, duties, and liabilities transferred by this section shall be payable to the district council.

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F44	Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)
F45	S. 27(1)(a) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV
F46	S. 27(1)(b) repealed by Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39), s. 192(4), Sch. 5
F47	Ss. 27(1)(d)(f), 28, 29 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV
F48	S. 27(2) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV

28, 29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F49

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F49	Ss. 27(1)(d)(f), 28, 29 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F50

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F50	S. 30 repealed by Poor Law Act 1927 (c. 14), Sch. 11

31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F51

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F51	S. 31 repealed by London Government Act 1939 (c. 40), Sch. 8

32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F52

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F52	Ss. 32, 35 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XII

33. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F53

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F53	S. 33 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV and S.I. 1965/654

34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F54

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F54	S. 34 repealed by Rating and Valuation Act 1925 (c. 90), Sch. 8

35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F55

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F55	Ss. 32, 35 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XII

Part III

36—42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F56

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F56	Ss. 36–42 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV and London Government Act 1939 (c. 40), Sch. 8

Part IV

Supplemental

43, 44. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F57

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F57	Ss. 43, 44 repealed by Representation of the People Act 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5 c. 64), Sch. 8

45. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F58

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F58	S. 45 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

46. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F59

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F59	S. 46 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV and London Government Act 1939 (c. 40), Sch. 8

47. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F60

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F60	S. 47 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

48. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F61

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F61	S. 48 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV and London Government Act 1939 (c. 40), Sch. 8

49. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F62

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F62	S. 49 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F63

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F63	S. 50 repealed by Rating and Valuation Act 1925 (c. 90), Sch. 8

Parish and District Councils

51. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F64

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F64	S. 51 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

52.

†Supplemental provisions as to transfer of powers.

— (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F65

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F66

(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F67

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F68

(5) All enactments in any Act, whether general or local and personal, relating to any powers, duties, or liabilities transferred by this Act to a parish council or parish meeting from justices or the vestry or overseers or church wardens and overseers shall, subject to the provisions of this Act and so far as circumstances admit, be construed as if any reference therein to justices or to the vestry, or to the overseers, or to the churchwardens and overseers, referred to the parish council or parish meeting as the case requires, and the said enactments shall be construed with such modifications as may be necessary for carrying this Act into effect.

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F65	S. 52(1) repealed by Local Government Act 1929 (c. 17), Sch. 12 Pt. VII
F66	S. 52(2) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)
F67	S. 52(3) repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV
F68	S. 52(4) repealed by Charities Act 1960 (c. 58), Sch. 7 Pt. I
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C13	Unreliable margin note
C14	Functions of churchwardens and overseers now generally exercisable in City of London by Common Council and elsewhere by rating authorities: City of London (Union of Parishes) Act 1907 (c. xl), s. 11, London Government Act 1899 (c. 14), s. 11(1), Rating and Valuation Act 1925 (c. 90), s. 62(1), S.R. & O. 1927/55 (Rev. XIX, p. 599: 1927, p. 964), London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), s. 63(1) and General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9), s. 1(1)

53. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F69

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F69	S. 53 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

54–59. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F70

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F70	Ss. 54–61 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

Miscellaneous

60, 61. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F71

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F71	Ss. 54–61 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

62. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F72

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F72	S. 62 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

63. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F73

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F73	S. 63 repealed by S.I. 1979/1123, art. 3(1)

64. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F74

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F74	S. 64 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

65.

Saving for harbour powers.

Where any improvement commission affected by this Act have any powers, duties, property, debts, or liabilities in respect of any harbour, the improvement commission shall continue to exist and be elected for the purpose thereof, and shall continue as a separate body, as if this Act had not passed, and the property, debts, and liabilities shall be apportioned between the district council for the district and the commission so continuing, and the adjustment arising out of the apportionment shall be determined in manner provided by this Act.

66. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F75

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F75	Ss. 66, 71 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XII

67.

Transfer of property and debts and liabilities.

Where any powers and duties are transferred by this Act from one authority to another authority—

(1) All property held by the first authority for the purpose or by virtue of such powers and duties shall pass to and vest in the other authority, subject to all debts and liabilities affecting the same; and

(2) The latter authority shall hold the same for the estate, interest, and purposes, and subject to the covenants, conditions, and restrictions for and subject to which the property would have been held if this Act had not passed, so far as the same are not modified by or in pursuance of this Act; and

(3) All debts and liabilities of the first authority incurred by virtue of such powers and duties shall become debts and liabilities of the latter authority, and be defrayed out of the like property and funds out of which they would have been defrayed if this Act had not passed.

68, 69. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F76

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F76	Ss. 68, 69 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV and London Government Act 1939 (c. 40), Sch. 8

70. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F77

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F77	S. 70 repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

71. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F78

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F78	Ss. 66, 71 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XII

72, 73. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F79

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F79	Ss. 72, 73 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV and London Government Act 1939 (c. 40), Sch. 8

74. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F80

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F80	Ss. 74, 78 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

75.

Construction of Act.

— (1) The definition of “parish” in section one hundred of the M4 Local Government Act, 1888, shall not apply to this Act, but, save as aforesaid, expressions used in this Act shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meaning as in the said Act.

(2) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F81

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F82

The expression “ecclesiastical charity” includes a charity, the endowment whereof is held for some one or more of the following purposes:—

(a) for any spiritual purpose which is a legal purpose; or

(b) for the benefit of any spiritual person or ecclesiastical officer as such; or

(c) for use, if a building, as a church, chapel, mission room, or Sunday school, or otherwise by any particular church or denomination; or

(d) for the maintenance, repair, or improvement of any such building as aforesaid, or for the maintenance of divine service therein; or

(e) otherwise for the benefit of any particular church or denomination, or of any members thereof as such.

Provided that where any endowment of a charity, other than a building held for any of the purposes aforesaid, is held in part only for some of the purposes aforesaid, the charity, so far as that endowment is concerned, shall be an ecclesiastical charity within the meaning of this Act; and the Charity Commissioners shall, on application by any person interested, make such provision for the apportionment and management of that endowment as seems to them necessary or expedient for giving effect to this Act.

The expression shall also include any building which in the opinion of the Charity Commissioners has been erected or provided within forty years before the passing of this Act mainly by or at the cost of members of any particular church or denomination.

The expression “affairs of the church” shall include the distribution of offertories or other collections made in any church.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F82

The expression “vestry” in relation to a parish means the inhabitants of the parish whether in vestry assembled or not, and includes any select vestry either by statute or at common law.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F83

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F82

The expression “local and personal Act” includes a Provisional Order confirmed by an Act and the Act confirming the Order.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F82

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F81	Definition of “population” repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V
F82	Definition repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XII
F83	Definition of “rateable value” repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V
Marginal Citations
M4	1888 c. 41.

76.

Extent of Act.

This Act shall not extend to Scotland or Ireland.

77.

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Local Government Act, 1894.

Part V

Transitory Provisions

78. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F84

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F84	Ss. 74, 78 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

79. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F85

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F85	S. 79 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)

80. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F86

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F86	S. 80 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV and London Government Act 1939 (c. 40), Sch. 8

81. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F87

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F87	S. 81 repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

82. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F88

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F88	S. 82 repealed by Highways Act 1959 (c. 25), s. 312(2), Sch. 25

83. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F89

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F89	S. 83 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV and London Government Act 1939 (c. 40), Sch. 8

84. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F90

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F90	S. 84 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XII

85—89. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F91

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F91	Ss. 85–89 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV and London Government Act 1939 (c. 40), Sch. 8

SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULE

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F92

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F92	Sch. 1 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

SECOND SCHEDULE

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F93

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F93	Sch. 2 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)

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