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9(1)As respects a parish in England those functions under the Allotments Acts 1908 to 1950 which, apart from this paragraph, would be exercisable both by the district council and the parish council or parish meeting shall not be exercisable by the district council.E+W
X1(2)In section 34 of the M1Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908, in subsection (1), for the words from “submit to the council” to the words “partly situate” there shall be substituted the words “ prepare and carry into effect ”.
X1(3)In subsection (2) of that section, for the words from “no county council” to the words “being made” there shall be substituted the words “ Upon such a scheme being carried into effect ”.
X1(4)In section 39(7) of that Act, for the word “county”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted the word “ district ”.
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X1The text of Sch. 29 paras. 9(2)–19, 21–45 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 29 para. 9(5) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 10 Group 1}
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(2)In section 12(1) and in section 17 of that Act, for the word “county” there shall be substituted the word “ district ”.
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X2The text of Sch. 29 paras. 9(2)–19, 21–45 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 29 para. 10(1) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 10 Group 1}
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F3Sch. 29 para. 11 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt 3
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F4Sch. 29 para. 12 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 10 Group 1}
13(1)In paragraph 1(1)(a) of Schedule 2 to the M2Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 for the words “county, county borough or London borough” there shall be substituted the words “ district or London borough and the Common Council of the City of London ”.
(2)In Schedule 3 to that Act, in paragraphs 5(2)(a)(i) and 6(2)(b), for the words “county district” there shall be substituted the word “ county ”; . . . F5
Textual Amendments
F5Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of Sch. 29 paras. 9(2)–19, 21–45 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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X314E+WIn section 23 of the M3Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 for the words “rural district council”, wherever occurring there shall be substituted the words “ district council ”.
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X3The text of Sch. 29 paras. 9(2)–19, 21–45 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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X415E+WIn section 9 of the M4Celluloid & Cinematograph Film Act 1922, in the definition of “local authority” for the words following “means” there shall be substituted the words “ the council of a county or London borough or the Common Council of the City of London ”.
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X4The text of Sch. 29 paras. 9(2)–19, 21–45 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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F6Sch. 29 para. 16 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 10 Group 1}
X517(1)In section 20 of the M5Coast Protection Act 1949,—E+W
(a)in subsections (1) to (4), for the words “county district”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted the words “ maritime district ”;
(b)in subsection (5), for the words “county borough” there shall be substituted the word “ district ”.
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X5The text of Sch. 29 paras. 9(2)–19, 21–45 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
Textual Amendments
F7Sch. 29 para. 17(2) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 10 Group 1}
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F9(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F9Sch. 29 para. 18(2) repealed by Consumer Safety Act 1978 (c. 38), s. 10(1), Sch. 3
X619E+WIn section 67 of the M6Explosives Act 1875 for paragraph (3) there,7. shall be substituted the following:—
“(3)Outside Greater London, the council of a county ; and”
and paragraph (5) of that section shall be omitted.
Editorial Information
X6The text of Sch. 29 paras. 9(2)–19, 21–45 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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(2)Every application for a certificate under Schedule 3 to that Act with regard to planning permission for the carrying out of controlled operations shall, outside Greater London, be made to the district planning authority, but shall be dealt with by the local planning authority who would have dealt with an application for planning permission for the carrying out of those operations, and the district planning authority shall, as soon as may be after they have received any application for such a certificate which falls to be dealt with by the county planning authority, send the application to the latter.
[F11(3)Sub-paragraph (2) above does not apply in relation to Wales.]
Textual Amendments
F10Sch. 29 para. 20(1) repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58, Sch. 27 Pt. I
F11Sch. 29 para. 20(3) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(5), Sch. 15 para. 66 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2 “Sch. 3 to that Act” means Sch. 3 to the Gas Act 1965 (c. 36)
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22E+WIn section 5 of the M7Police, Factories, &c (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1916, in subsection (1) for the words “A police authority” there shall be substituted the words “Each of the authorities specified in subsection (IA) below” and for the words “the police” there shall be substituted the word “their”, and at the end of that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection:—
“(1A)The authorities referred to in subsection (1) above are—
(a)the Common Council of the City of London,
(b)the police authority for the Metropolitan Police District, and
(c)the council of each district;
but any regulations made by a district council under that subsection shall not have effect with respect to any street or public place which is within the Metropolitan Police District as well as within the district.”
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3The text of Sch. 29 paras. 9(2)–19, 21–45 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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23(1)In section 2 of the M8House to House Collections Act 1939, in subsection (1), for the word “police”, in the first place where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “licensing” and the word “police”, in the second place where it occurs, shall be omitted.E+W
(2)After that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection:—
“(1A)In this section “licensing authority” means—
(a)in relation to the City of London, the Common Council;
(b)in relation to the Metropolitan Police District, the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis ; and
(c)in relation to a district exclusive of any part thereof within the Metropolitan Police District, the district council.”
(3)In that section, in the proviso to subsection (2) and in subsections (3), (4) and (6), for the word “police”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “licensing”.
(4)In section 4(2)(e) of that Act the word “police” shall be omitted.
(5)In section 9 of that Act, in subsection (2), for the words from “said Commissioner” to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted the words “Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis by virtue of his being a licensing authority within the meaning of section 2 of this Act”.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4The text of Sch. 29 paras. 9(2)–19, 21–45 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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26E+WF14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F14Sch. 29 para. 26 repealed (13.10.2003) by Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9), ss. 135, 136(2), Sch. 13 (with s. 129, Sch. 12 para. 1); S.I. 2003/1725, art. 2 (and expressed to be repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 10 Group 1})
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Textual Amendments
X728E+WAt the end of section 25 of the M9Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969 there shall be added the following subsection—
“(6)Where, by virtue of Part VI of the Local Government Act 1972, a district council incurs any such expenditure as is referred to in subsection (1), grants under this section may be made to the district council and references to a local authority shall be construed accordingly.”
Editorial Information
X7The text of Sch. 29 paras. 9(2)–19, 21–45 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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Textual Amendments
F16Sch. 27 para. 29 repealed by New Towns Act 1981 (c. 64, SIF 123:3), s. 81, Sch. 13
[F17X830E+WIn section 2 of the M10Nurses Agencies Act 1957, in subsection (1), for the words following “in relation to”, in the second place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “ a non-metropolitan county or London borough, the council of that county or borough, and in relation to a metropolitan district, the council of that district ”.]
Editorial Information
X8The text of Sch. 29 paras. 9(2)–19, 21–45 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
Textual Amendments
F17Sch. 29 para. 30 repealed (1.1.2003 (E.) and otherwiseprosp.) by 2000 c. 14, ss. 117(2), 122, Sch. 6; S.I. 2001/4150, art. 3(4) as amended by S.I. 2002/1790, art. 3 and S.I. 2002/2001, art. 4 (subject to transitional provisions in S.I. 2001/4150 art. 4 as amended by S.I. 2002/1493, art. 6)
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X931E+WIn section 88 of the M11Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963, for the words “county borough” and the word “borough” there shall in each case be substituted the word “ district ”.
Editorial Information
X9The text of Sch. 29 paras. 9(2)–19, 21–45 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
Marginal Citations
X1032E+WIn section 2(1)(c) of the M12Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 for the words “the district council” there shall be substituted the words “ the county council ”.
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X10The text of Sch. 29 paras. 9(2)–19, 21–45 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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Textual Amendments
F18Sch. 29 para. 33 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X Gp. 1.
X1134E+WIn section 5 of the M13Plant Health Act 1967, for subsection (3) there shall be substituted the following subsection:—
“(3)The local authorities for the purposes of this Act shall be the councils of non-metropolitan counties, metropolitan districts and London boroughs and the Common Council of the City of London”.
Editorial Information
X11The text of Sch. 29 paras. 9(2)–19, 21–45 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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F19Sch. 29 para. 35 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 10 Group 1}
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F20Sch. 29 para. 36 repealed (26.3.2001) by 2000 c. 26, s. 127(6), Sch. 9; S.I. 2001/1148, art. 2(2), Sch. Table (with art. 34)
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F22Sch. 29 para. 38 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. x Gp. 1.
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X1240E+WIn section 57(4) of the M14Marriage Act 1949, for the words following “the certified copy” there shall be substituted the words “and that sum shall be reimbursed to the superintendent registrar—
(a)in the case of a registration district in the City of London, the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple, by the Common Council of the City of London ;
(b)in any other case, by the council of the non-metropolitan county, metropolitan district or London borough in which his registration district is situated”.
Editorial Information
X12The text of Sch. 29 paras. 9(2)–19, 21–45 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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X1341(1)In sections 5(1), 10(1) and 13(1) of the M15Registration Service Act 1953, for the words “county and county borough”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted the words “ non-metropolitan county and metropolitan district ”.E+W
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(3)In section 9(1) of that Act, for the words from “clerk of the county council” to the words “or county borough” there shall be substituted the words “ proper officer of the non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district ”.
(4)In sections 9(2) and 13(2)(h) and (3)(b) of that Act, for the words “clerk of the county council or town clerk of the county borough” there shall be substituted the words “ proper officer of the non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district ”.
(5)In section 20(b) of that Act, for the words “clerks of county councils, town clerks of county boroughs” there shall be substituted the words “ proper officers of non-metropolitan counties and metropolitan districts ”.
(6)In section 21(2)(b) of that Act, for the words “county borough” in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “ metropolitan district ”.
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X13The text of Sch. 29 paras. 9(2)–19, 21–45 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
Textual Amendments
F24Sch. 29 para. 41(2) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 17 Group 10}
Marginal Citations
X1442E+WIn section 6(4) of the M16Riding Establishments Act 1964 in the definition of “local authority”, for the words “county borough” there shall be substituted the word “ district ” and the words from “as respects any non-county borough” to “of the county” shall be omitted.
Editorial Information
X14The text of Sch. 29 paras. 9(2)–19, 21–45 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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Textual Amendments
F25Sch. 29 para. 43 repealed (1.12.1994) by 1994 c. 40, s. 81, Sch. 17; S.I. 1994/3037, arts. 2, 3(e)(iv)
X1544(1)In sections 47(12) F26. . . of the M17National Assistance Act 1948, for the words “countv boroughs and county districts” there shall be substituted the words “ districts and London boroughs and the Common Council of the City of London ”.
(2)In section 1(5) of the M18Trading Representations (Disabled Persons) Act 1958 for the words “county borough or count district or a metropolitan borough” there shall be substituted the words “ other than a metropolitan county, or of a district or London borough ”.
(3)In section 46(4) of the M19London Government Act 1963 for the words “county borough” there shall be substituted the words “ London borough ”.
(4)In section 5(6) of the M20Local Authority Social Services Act 1970, for the words “section 59 of the Local Government Act 1933” there shall be substituted the words “ section 80 of the Local Government Act 1972 ”.
Editorial Information
X15The text of Sch. 29 paras. 9(2)–19, 21–45 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
Textual Amendments
F26Words repealed by Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (c. 22, SIF 100:1), s. 78, Sch. 3
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Textual Amendments
F27Sch. 29 para. 45 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 10 Group 1}
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