Parish Councils Act 1957

PART II Extension and Adaptation of other Powers

8 Powers to be exercisable without reference to county council

(1) Every parish council shall be a local authority for the purposes of the Open Spaces Act, 1906, whether or not invested with the powers of that Act by the council of the county within which the parish is situate.

(2) The approval or consent of the county council shall no longer be required for any of the following matters—

(a) for the incurring by a parish council or parish meeting of any expenditure under the War Memorials (Local Authorities' Powers) Act, 1923;

(b) by reason that it will involve a loan, for the incurring by a parish council of any other expense or liability; or

(c) for the borrowing by a parish council of such sums as may be required for any of the purposes mentioned in section one hundred and ninety-five of the Local Government Act, 1933.

9 Power of parish councils to insure against accidents to members

In the application to England and Wales of section one hundred and thirty of the Local Government Act, 1948 (which empowers certain local authorities to insure against accidents to their members), the expression " local authority " shall include a parish council.

10 Power to contribute towards expenses of burial grounds

A parish council may contribute towards the expenses incurred by any other person in maintaining any place of interment in which the remains of inhabitants of the parish are or may be interred.

11 Power of parish council to receive charity accounts

(1) The trustees or administrators of every parochial charity, other than an ecclesiastical charity, shall deliver a copy of the annual accounts which are required to be prepared by section forty-four of the Charitable Trusts Amendment Act, 1855—

(a) to the parish council of any parish with which the objects of the charity are identified, or

(b) to the chairman of the parish meeting of any such parish, where there is no parish council,

who shall present the accounts at the next parish meeting; and the said section forty-four (which, as amended by subsection (6) of section fourteen of the Local Government Act, 1894, requires a copy of such accounts as aforesaid to be delivered to the chairman of the parish meeting in all cases) shall have effect accordingly.

(2) In this section " parochial charity " and " ecclesiastical charity " have the meanings respectively assigned to them by section seventy-five of the Local Government Act, 1894.