Part I Poor Law
1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1
15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3
18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5
Part II Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages
21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6
26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7
27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8
Part III Roads and Town Planning
29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9
30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10
32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11
40. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12
Part IV Miscellaneous Local Government Provisions
46. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13
47. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14
48. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15
49. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16
50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17
Miscellaneous
51. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18
52. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19
57 Relations between county councils and district councils in respect of public health functions.
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F212
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F213
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4
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58. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F23
59. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F24
60. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F25
62. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F26
63. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F27
64. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F28
65. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F29
Part V Rating and Valuation
67. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F30
68. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F31
70. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F32
71. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F33
Consequential Provisions
72. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F34
73. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F35
74. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F36
F3775. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
76. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F38
77 Adaptation of enactments relating to water rates.
1
Any provision of any enactment directing that the amount of any water rate shall or may be determined by reference to the rateable value of any property as appearing in the valuation list for the time being in force, shall, . . . F39, have effect as if for any reference to that value there were therein substituted a reference to the net annual value as so appearing.
F402
Where by any enactment, including this section, the amount of any water rate is to be determined by reference to the gross value or the net annual value of any property as appearing in the valuation list for the time being in force, then, if the value referred to does not appear in the valuation list, it shall, . . . F39, be determined in the event of any dispute by two justices of the peace in like manner as disputes are determined under section sixty-eight of the M1Waterworks Clauses Act, 1847.
78. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F41
79. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F42
80. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F43
81. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F44
82. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F45
83 General adaptation of enactments and other documents.
1
Save as in this Part of this Act otherwise expressly provided, any provisions of any document directing that expenditure falling to be defrayed by two or more local authorities shall be apportioned between those authorites by reference to some value (other than rateable value) as appearing in or ascertained from the valuation list for the time being in force or as shown in, or ascertained in accordance with the Acts relating to, the basis or standard of county rates shall, . . . F46, have effect as if for any reference to that value there were therein substituted—
a
in the case of a document, not being an enactment, as respects which a value is agreed upon by the local authorities concerned, a reference to that value; and
b
in the case of any such document as respects which a value is not so agreed upon, and in the case of an enactment, a reference to rateable value as shown by the valuation list for the time being in force.
2
Save as in this Part of this Act otherwise expressly provided, any provision of any document directing that the amount of any payment, not being a payment to which the last foregoing subsection applies, shall be determined by reference to some value as appearing in or ascertained from the valuation list for the time being in force or as shown in, or ascertained in accordance with the Acts relating to, the basis or standard of county rates shall, . . . F46, have effect as if for any reference to that value there were therein substituted—
a
in the case of a document, not being an enactment, as respects which a value is—
i
agreed upon by all persons having rights or obligations under the document; or
ii
determined, in default of such agreement, by an arbitrator appointed by the Minister on an application made to him by or on behalf of any such person,
a reference to the value so agreed upon or determined; and
b
in the case of an enactment, a reference to such value as may be determined by order of the Minister on application made to him by any such person as aforesaid.
3
Before making any order under this section, the Minister shall require the applicants to serve a copy of the draft order upon any local authority affected and to give, in terms approved by him and in such manner as he may consider best adapted for informing any other persons affected, public notice of the application for the order and as to the manner in which and the time within which objections to the order may be made, and shall consider any objection which may be duly made within four weeks from the date of the notice, and in the event of any objection being so made and not withdrawn the Minister shall make the order as a provisional order which shall not have effect unless and until confirmed by Parliament.
84. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F47
Part VI Exchequer Grants and other Financial Provisions
Discontinued Grants
85. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F48
86. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F49
93. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F50
94. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F51
101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F52
102. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F53
103. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F54
General
105 Application of Exchequer Grants, &c.
106. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F56
Part VII Property Liabilities and Officers
Transfer of Property and Liabilities
113. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F57
114. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F58
115 Parish property.
1
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2
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3
The council of any county borough or urban district and the parish meeting of any rural parish not having a parish council may exercise the powers of executing works in relation to parish property which are by paragraph (i) of subsection (1) of section eight of the M2Local Government Act, 1894, conferred on parish councils.
4
Any expenses incurred by the council of a county borough or urban district in relation to parish property shall be defrayed as the council may determine—
a
from the general rate of the county borough or urban district; or
b
by means of a levy of an additional item of the general rate on the parish or parishes to which the property belongs.
5
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6
For the purposes of this section . . . F62, “parish property” means any property the rents and profits of which are applicable or, if the property were let, would be applicable to the general benefit of one or more parishes, or the ratepayers, parishioners or inhabitants thereof, but does not include—
a
property given or bequeathed by way of charitable, donation or allotted in right of some charitable donation or otherwise for the poor persons of any parish or parishes if the income of the property is not applicable to the general benefit of the ratepayers or other persons as aforesaid;
b
property acquired by a board of guardians for the purposes of their functions in the relief of the poor.
7
In the application of this section to F63Greater London references to an urban district shall be construed as references to the City of London and to a F63London borough, references to the council of an urban district shall be construed as references to the common council of the City of London and to the council of a F63London borough, and references to the general rate of an urban district shall be construed as references to the general rate of the parish to which the property belongs.
116. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F64
117C1†Transfer of road property and liabilities.
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3
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4
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5
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8
Where any person or authority, other than a rating authority, receives any income applicable to the repair or maintenance of roads in any parish or other area, that person or authority shall pay over the income so received (less the amount of any expenses properly incurred in connection therewith) to the rating authority for the F69rating area in which that parish or other area is situated, to be credited to that parish or other area
118. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F70
119. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F71
121. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F72
Part VIII General
127
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F73, the expenses of the council of a county. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F74 under this Act shall be defrayed—
a
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F74 as expenses for general county purposes;
b
2
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3
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129 Provisions as to inquiries.
1
The Minister of Health may direct any inquiries to be held by his inspectors which he may deem necessary for the purposes of this Act, . . . F78.
2
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3
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4
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130. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F82
131 Provisions as to orders, schemes and regulations.
1
2
C23
Where any order F101... or any regulations are by this Act required to be laid before Parliament, the order or regulations shall be laid on the Table of both Houses of Parliament, and if an address is presented to His Majesty by either House of Parliament within the next subsequent twenty-one days on which that House has sat after any such order or regulation has been laid before it praying that the order or regulation may be annulled, the order or regulation shall be annulled and it shall thenceforth be void, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder or to the making of a new order or regulation.
132 Transitory and temporary provisions and adaptation of enactments.
1
The provisions set out in the Ninth Schedule to this Act (which relate to transitional and temporary matters) shall have effect for the purposes of this Act.
2
The enactments mentioned in the Tenth Schedule to this Act shall have effect subject to the adaptations specified in that Schedule and the said adaptations shall, save as in that Schedule otherwise expressly provided, come into operation as from the appointed day.
133. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F85
134 Definitions.
In this Act unless the context otherwise requires—
“Appointed day” means the first day of April, nineteen hundred and thirty . . .
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F87. . .
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F87. . .
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F87. . .
F87. . .
F87. . .
“Enactment” includes any public general, local or private Act and any rule, regulation, byelaw, order, or award made under any Act:
F87. . .
“Functions” includes powers and duties:
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“Local Act” includes a Provisional Order confirmed by Act of Parliament:
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“Minister” means the Minister of Health:
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F87. . .
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F87. . .
“Property” and “liabilities” have the same meanings as in the M3Local Government Act, 1888:
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“Rate” has the same meaning as in the M4Rating and Valuation Act, 1925:
F87. . .
F87. . .
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“Road” means a highway repairable by the inhabitants at large, and, save as in this Act otherwise expressly provided, includes any bridge so repairable carrying the road, and “improvement” in relation to a road includes the fixing of a building line or improvement line under any enactment:
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“Sinking fund” includes any fund for the redemption of debt:
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F87. . .
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F87. . .
“Water-rate” means any rate or other charge payable by consumers for the supply of water:
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135. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F96
136. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F97
137. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F98
138 Short title and extent.
1
This Act may be cited as the Local Government Act, 1929.
2
This Act shall not . . . F99 extend to Scotland, and shall not extend to Northern Ireland.
3
The Minister may by order direct that this Act shall, subject to such exceptions, adaptations and modifications, if any, as may be specified in the order, extend to the Isles of Scilly, but except as so applied this Act shall not extend to the said Isles.
The Minister may by any such order amend or repeal any provisions contained in the order relating to the Isles of Scilly, which was confirmed by the M5Local Government Board’s Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 6) Act, 1890.
F1004
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