Local Government Act 1972

236 Procedure etc., for byelaws. E+W

(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, the following provisions of this section shall apply to byelaws to be made by a local authority [F1 in England] under this Act [F2 and to byelaws made by a local authority [F1 in England], [F3 the Greater London Authority] [F4 , Transport for London] [F5 , an Integrated Transport Authority for an integrated transport area in England or a combined authority] under any other enactment and conferring on the authority] a power to make byelaws and for which specific provision is not otherwise made.

(2) This section shall not apply to

[F6 (a) byelaws of a class prescribed by regulations under section 236A, or

(b)] byelaws made F7 ... by the Civil Aviation Authority under [F8 section 29 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982].

(3) [F9 Subject to subsection (3A) below, the] byelaws shall be made under the common seal of the authority, or, in the case of byelaws made by a parish F10 ... council not having a seal, under the hands and seals of two members of the council, and shall not have effect until they are confirmed by the confirming authority.

[F11 (3A) Byelaws made by the Greater London Authority shall be made under the hand of the Mayor and shall not have effect until they are confirmed by the confirming authority.]

(4) At least one month before application for confirmation of the byelaws is made, notice of the intention to apply for confirmation shall be given in one or more local newspapers circulating in the area to which the byelaws are to apply.

(5) For at least one month before application for confirmation is made, a copy of the byelaws shall be deposited at the offices of the authority by whom the byelaws are made, and shall at all reasonable hours be open to public inspection without payment.

(6) The authority by whom the byelaws are made shall, on application, furnish to any person a copy of the byelaws, or of any part thereof, on payment of such sum, not exceeding 10p for every hundred words contained in the copy, as the authority may determine.

(7) The confirming authority may confirm, or refuse to confirm, any byelaw submitted under this section for confirmation, and may fix the date on which the byelaw is to come into operation and if no date is so fixed the byelaw shall come into operation at the expiration of one month from the date of its confirmation.

(8) A copy of the byelaws, when confirmed, shall be printed and deposited at the offices of the authority by whom the byelaws are made, and shall at all reasonable hours be open to public inspection without payment, and a copy thereof shall, on application, be furnished to any person on payment of such sum, not exceeding 20p for every copy, as the authority may determine.

(9) The proper officer of a district council F12 ... shall send a copy of every byelaw made by the council, and confirmed, to the proper officer of the council, whether separate or common, of every parish F13 ... to which they apply or, in the case of a parish not having a council, to the chairman of the parish meeting, and the proper officer of the parish F13 ... council or chairman of the parish meeting, as the case may be, shall cause a copy to be deposited with the public documents of the parish F13 ....

A copy so deposited shall at all reasonable hours be open to public inspection without payment.

(10) The proper officer of a county council shall send a copy of every byelaw made by the council, and confirmed, to the council of every district in the county, and the proper officer of the council of a district shall send a copy of every byelaw made by the council, and confirmed, to the council of the county.

F14 (10A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F15 (10B) The Greater London Authority shall send a copy of every byelaw made by the Authority, and confirmed, to each London borough council and the Common Council.]

[F16 (10C) Transport for London shall send a copy of every byelaw made by it, and confirmed, to—

(a) the Mayor of London;

(b) each London Borough Council; and

(c) the Common Council.]

(11) In this section the expression “the confirming authority” means the authority or person, if any, specified in the enactment (including any enactment in this Act) under which the byelaws are made, or in any enactment incorporated therein or applied thereby, as the authority or person by whom the byelaws are to be confirmed, or if no authority or person is so specified means the Secretary of State.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 236(1) inserted (31.3.2015) by Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012 (anaw 2), s. 22(2), Sch. 2 para. 9(3)(a); S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(r) (with art. 3)

F2 Words substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 84, Sch. 14 para. 31(1)

F3 Words in s. 236(1) inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 76(2) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3

F4 Words in s. 236(1) inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 166(2) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3

F5 Words in s. 236(1) substituted (17.12.2009) by Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), ss. 119, 148(6), Sch. 6 para. 34; S.I. 2009/3318, art. 2(c)

F6 Words in s. 236(2) inserted (27.1.2010) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), ss. 129(2), 245(5); S.I. 2010/112, art. 2(a)

F7 Words 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

F8 Words substituted by Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16, SIF 9), Sch. 15 para. 11

F9 Words in s. 236(3) substituted (20.11.2001) by S.I. 2001/3719, art. 2, Sch. para. 3(2)

F10 Words in s. 236(3) omitted (31.3.2015) by virtue of Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012 (anaw 2), s. 22(2), Sch. 2 para. 9(3)(b); S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(r) (with art. 3)

F11 S. 236(3A) inserted (20.11.2001) by S.I. 2001/3719, art. 2, Sch. para. 3(3)

F12 Words in s. 236(9) omitted (31.3.2015) by virtue of Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012 (anaw 2), s. 22(2), Sch. 2 para. 9(3)(c)(i); S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(r) (with art. 3)

F13 Words in s. 236(9) omitted (31.3.2015) by virtue of Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012 (anaw 2), s. 22(2), Sch. 2 para. 9(3)(c)(ii); S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(r) (with art. 3)

F14 S. 236(10A) omitted (31.3.2015) by virtue of Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012 (anaw 2), s. 22(2), Sch. 2 para. 9(3)(d); S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(r) (with art. 3)

F15 S. 236(10B) inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 76(3) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3

F16 S. 236(10C) inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 166(3) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 236 applied by Land Drainage Act 1976 (c. 70, SIF 73:1), s. 98(2)

S. 236 applied (1.12.1991) by Land Drainage Act 1991 (c. 59, SIF 73:1), s. 66(5) (with ss. 67(3)(5)(8), 72(6)(8), 74(3)(4))

Ss. 236-238 applied (12.3.1991) by S.I. 1991/993, art. 3(3)

Ss. 236-238 applied (with modifications) (5.11.1993) by S.I. 1993/2733, art. 3(4) (with arts. 22, 23).

S. 236 applied (with modifications) (1.11.1994) by S.I. 1994/2733, art. 3(4)

S. 236 applied (30.10.1994) by S.I. 1994/2716, reg. 94(1)

S. 236 applied (with modifications) (19.8.1996) by S.I. 1996/2103, art. 3(9)

S. 236 applied (with modifications) (1.8.2000) by S.I. 2000/2103, art. 3(4)

S. 236 applied (with modifications) (4.9.2000) by S.I. 2000/2251, art. 3(4)

S. 236 applied (30.1.2001) by 2000 c. 37, ss. 17(5), 103(2) (with s. 43)

S. 236 applied by Greenham and Crookham Commons Act 2002 (c. i), ss. 15(5), 24(1) (with ss. 38, 39) (the amendment coming into force in accordance with s. 1(2)-(4) of the amending Act)

C2 S. 236 modified by S.I. 1986/143, regs. 2(1), 3(1)

C3 S. 236 extended (19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 63(5), 125(2), Sch. 7 para. 17(2)(e) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7)

C4 S. 236 applied (with modifications) (22.7.2004) by The Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1777), art. 21(2)(f)

S. 236 applied (with modifications) (22.7.2004) by The Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1778), art. 21(2)(f)

C5 Ss. 236-238 applied (prosp.) by Commons Act 1899 (c. 30), s. 10 (as substituted (prosp.) by Commons Act 2006 (c. 26), ss. 50(7), 56 (with s. 60)

C6 S. 236 modified (E.) (19.3.2007) by The Ouseburn Barrage Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/608), art. 44(9) (arts. 45-48 Sch. 6 para. 23)

C7 Ss. 236-238 applied (with modifications) (1.4.2010) by The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/490), regs. 1(2), 31(2) (with reg. 125)

C8 S. 236 continues to apply (3.3.2016) by The Byelaws (Alternative Procedure) (England) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/165), regs. 1(1), 19

C9 Ss. 236-237 applied (30.11.2017) by The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1012), regs. 1(2), 33(2)

C10 S. 236 applied (2.1.2018) by The Boston Barrier Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1329), arts. 1, 52(9) (with arts. 55-57, Sch. 8 para. 13)

C11 S. 236 applied (29.11.2018) by Middle Level Act 2018 (c. ii), ss. 1, 11(9)

C12 S. 236 applied (with modifications) (25.3.2022) by The Bridgwater Tidal Barrier Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/299), arts. 1, 51(6)(7) (with art. 55)

C13 S. 236 applied (21.4.2022) by Highgate Cemetery Act 2022 (c. i), ss. 1, 8(5)

C14 S. 236 applied in part (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with s. 13 of the amending Act) by Monken Hadley Common Act 2022 (c. ii), s. 11 (with s. 8(3))

C15 S. 236(3)-(8) applied (with modifications) (16.5.2008) by The London Gateway Port Harbour Empowerment Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1261), art. 5

C16 S. 236(3)-(8) applied (with modifications) by Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4, SIF 81:1); ss. 6(5), 10, 23(2), 27(2), Sch. 5 para. 7(1)

S. 236(3)-(8) applied (with modifications) (17.3.1993) by S.I. 1993/1313, art. 30(1)(a) (with art. 39)

S. 236(3)-(8) applied (30.8.1994) by S.I. 1994/2298, art. 30

S. 236(3)-(8) applied (8.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1627, art. 23(4)

S. 236(3)-(8) applied (20.5.1998) by S.I. 1998/1209, art. 12(1)

S. 236(3)-(8) applied (25.8.2000) by S.I. 2000/2152, art. 27(4)

C17 S. 236(3)-(8) modified (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8(2), Sch. 2

S. 236(3)-(8) modified (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8(2), Sch. 2

S. 236(3)-(8) modified (28.5.1994) by S.I. 1994/1440, art. 11(1)(a)

C18 S. 236(3)-(8): certain functions transferred (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8, Sch. 2

S. 236(3)-(8): certain functions transferred (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8, Sch. 2

C19 S. 236(3)-(8)(11) applied (with modifications) (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 42, s. 16(8) (with s. 30(1), Sch. 2 para. 9)

S. 236(3)-(8)(11) applied (with modifications) (3.12.1993) by S.I. 1993/2974, art. 5(2) (with arts. 7, 9)

S. 236(3)-(8)(11) applied (1.7.1994) by S.I. 1994/1647, art. 6(4)

S. 236(3)-(8)(11) applied (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xiii, s. 10(1)

S. 236(3)-(8)(11) applied (with modifications) (23.12.1994) by S.I. 1994/3162, art. 16(4)

S. 236(3)-(8)(11) applied (with modifications) (1.1.1998) by S.I. 1997/2949, art. 15(6)(a)-(e)

S. 236(3)-(8)(11) applied (18.7.2000) by S.I. 2000/1884, art. 28(1)

C20 S. 236(3)-(8)(11) applied (with modifications) (14.9.2006) by The Borough of Poole (Poole Harbour Opening Bridges) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2310), arts. 39(5)(6)(8), 46(2) (with art. 40, Sch. 7 para. 12)

C21 S. 236(3)-(8) applied (E.) (19.3.2007) by The Ouseburn Barrage Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/608), art. 44(8) (arts. 45-48 Sch. 6 para. 23)

C22 S. 236(3)-(8) applied (with modifications) (30.5.2007) by The Brighton West Pier Harbour Revision Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1423), art. 5(3)(4) (with arts. 6-8)

C23 S. 236(3)-(8) applied (with modifications) (18.9.2009) by The Penzance Harbour Revision Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2325), art. 24 (with arts. 39, 40)

C24 S. 236(3)-(8) applied (10.8.2010) by The Ryde Pier Harbour Revision Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1900), arts. 1, 3(3) (with arts. 4-6)

C25 S. 236(3)-(8) applied (1.7.2011) by The Saundersfoot Harbour Empowerment Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1565), arts. 1(2), 30(4)

C26 S. 236(3)-(8) applied (with modifications) (13.3.2012) by The London Cable Car Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/472), arts. 1, 6(3)

C27 S. 236(3)-(8) applied (22.5.2012) by The Bridgewater Canal (Transfer of Undertaking) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1266), arts. 1(1), 4(9)

C28 S. 236(3)-(8) applied (with modifications) (23.7.2012) by The Poole Harbour Revision Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1777), arts. 1(2), 28(1) (with arts. 58, 59)

C29 S. 236(3)-(8) applied (with modifications) (7.8.2012) by The Ipswich Barrier Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1867), arts. 1, 42(7)-(9) (with arts. 46-48, Sch. 8 para. 18)

C30 S. 236(3)-(8) applied (with modifications) (7.3.2016) by The Newhaven Harbour Revision Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/151), arts. 1(1), 11(6) (with arts. 29, 30)

C31 S. 236(3)-(8) applied (2.1.2018) by The Boston Barrier Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1329), arts. 1, 52(7) (with arts. 55-57, Sch. 8 para. 13)

C32 S. 236(3)-(8) applied (31.5.2018) by The Silvertown Tunnel Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/574), arts. 1(2), 48(3) (with art. 48(4))

C33 S. 236(3)-(8) applied (21.5.2020) by The Lake Lothing (Lowestoft) Third Crossing Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/474), arts. 1, 46(8) (with arts. 46(9), 51, 56)

C34 S. 236(3)-(8) applied (with modifications) (15.10.2020) by The Great Yarmouth Third River Crossing Development Consent Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1075), arts. 1, 51(7)

C35 S. 236(3)-(8) applied (17.2.2021) by The Weymouth Harbour Revision Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/43), arts. 1, 20(6) (with arts. 42, 44)

C36 S. 236(3) applied in part (with modifications) (12.7.2023) by The Dee Estuary Conservancy Harbour Revision (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/690), arts. 1(1), 12(5)(a)(6) (with arts. 40, 41, 43)

C37 S. 236(3)-(8) applied (with modifications) (14.7.2023) by The Cornwall Harbours Harbour Revision Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/675), arts. 1(1), 30 (with arts. 65, 66)

C38 S. 236(4)-(8) applied (with modifications) (12.7.2023) by The Dee Estuary Conservancy Harbour Revision (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/690), arts. 1(1), 12(5)(b)(6)(7) (with arts. 40, 41, 43)

C39 S. 236(7) applied (with modifications) (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xiii, s. 10(2)

S. 236(7) applied (with modifications) (30.8.1994) by S.I. 1994/2298, art. 30

S. 236(7) applied (with modifications) (8.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1627, art. 23(5)

C40 S. 236(7) modified (28.5.1994) by S.I. 1994/1440, art. 11(1)(b)

S. 236(7) modified (20.5.1998) by S.I. 1998/1209, art. 12(2)

C41 S. 236(7) modified (10.8.2010) by The Ryde Pier Harbour Revision Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1900), arts. 1, 3(4) (with arts. 4-6)

C42 S. 236(7) applied (with modifcations) (2.1.2018) by The Boston Barrier Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1329), arts. 1, 52(8) (with arts. 55-57, Sch. 8 para. 13)

C43 S. 236(8) extended (with modifications) by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (c. 57, SIF 81:1), s. 65(7)

C44 S. 236(9) excluded by Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16, SIF 9), s. 32(4) and by Airports Act 1986 (c. 31, SIF 9), Pt. VI, s. 63(8)

C45 S. 236(10C)(11) applied (with modifications) (13.3.2012) by The London Cable Car Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/472), arts. 1, 6(3)

C46 S. 236(10C) applied (31.5.2018) by The Silvertown Tunnel Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/574), arts. 1(2), 48(3) (with art. 48(4))

C47 S. 236(11) applied (with modifications) (16.5.2008) by The London Gateway Port Harbour Empowerment Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1261), art. 5

C48 S. 236(11) applied (with modifications) by Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4, SIF 81:1), ss. 6(5), 10, 23(2), 27(2), Sch. 5 para. 7(1)

C49 S. 236(11) applied (E.) (19.3.2007) by The Ouseburn Barrage Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/608), art. 44(8) (arts. 45-48 Sch. 6 para. 23)

C50 S. 236(11) applied (22.5.2012) by The Bridgewater Canal (Transfer of Undertaking) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1266), arts. 1(1), 4(9)

C51 S. 236(11) applied (with modifications) (23.7.2012) by The Poole Harbour Revision Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1777), arts. 1(2), 28(1) (with arts. 58, 59)

C52 S. 236(11) applied (with modifications) (7.8.2012) by The Ipswich Barrier Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1867), arts. 1, 42(7)-(9) (with arts. 46-48, Sch. 8 para. 18)

C53 S. 236(11) applied (with modifications) (7.3.2016) by The Newhaven Harbour Revision Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/151), arts. 1(1), 11(6) (with arts. 29, 30)

C54 S. 236(11) applied (2.1.2018) by The Boston Barrier Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1329), arts. 1, 52(7) (with arts. 55-57, Sch. 8 para. 13)

C55 S. 236(11) applied (31.5.2018) by The Silvertown Tunnel Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/574), arts. 1(2), 48(3) (with art. 48(4))

C56 S. 236(11) applied (21.5.2020) by The Lake Lothing (Lowestoft) Third Crossing Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/474), arts. 1, 46(8) (with arts. 46(9), 51, 56)

C57 S. 236(11) applied (with modifications) (15.10.2020) by The Great Yarmouth Third River Crossing Development Consent Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1075), arts. 1, 51(7)

C58 S. 236(11) applied (with modifications) (12.7.2023) by The Dee Estuary Conservancy Harbour Revision (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/690), arts. 1(1), 12(5)(b)(6) (with arts. 40, 41, 43)