Local Government Act 1972

213 Local licence duties. E+W

(1) The power to levy the duties on the following licences, namely—

(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

(d) licences for dealing in game or for killing game,

shall, in England and Wales outside Greater London, be vested in the councils of districts.

(2) In accordance with subsection (1) above, section 6 of the M1 Finance Act 1908 (licences for dealing in game and killing game) shall be amended as follows:—

(a) in subsection (1), for the words from “as from” to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted the words “in England and Wales be vested in the councils of districts” ;

(b) in subsection (2), the words from “fix” to “transfer, and may” shall be omitted, for the words “county councils” there shall be substituted the words “district councils”, and the words from “The transfer under this section” to “any such adjustment” shall be omitted and at the end of the subsection there shall be added the words “and as if any reference in those provisions to a county council were a reference to a council having power to levy those duties after Ist April 1974”; and

(c) for subsection (5) there shall be substituted the following subsection:—

“(5) In relation to Greater London, references in this section to a district council shall be construed as references to the council of a London borough or the Common Council of the City of London”.

(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

(4) In accordance with subsection (1) above, in subsection (1) of section 7 of the M2 Dog Licences Act 1959 for the words “counties and county boroughs” there shall be substituted the words “districts and London boroughs and the Common Council of the City of London” and in subsection (2) of that section for the words “counties and county boroughs” there shall be substituted the words “districts and London boroughs and the City of London”.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 213(1)(a)(b) repealed by Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39), s. 192(3)(4), Sch. 5

F2 S. 213(c) repealed by Local Government Act 1988 (c. 9, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 41, Sch. 7 Pt. IV

F3 S. 213(3) repealed by Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39, SIF 60), s. 192(3)(b), Sch. 5

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of s. 213(2)(a)–(c)(4) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M1 1908 c. 16.

M2 1959 c. 55.