Local Government Act 1929

1929 CHAPTER 17 19 and 20 Geo 5

An Act to amend the law relating to the administration of poor relief, registration of births, deaths, and marriages, highways, town planning and local government; to extend the application of the Rating and Valuation (Apportionment) Act, 1928, to hereditaments in which no persons are employed; to grant complete or partial relief from rates in the case of the hereditaments to which that Act applies; to discontinue certain grants from the Exchequer and provide other grants in lieu thereof; and for purposes consequential on the matters aforesaid.

[27th March 1929]

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Act extended by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 250(6)

C2Functions of Minister of Health under this Act now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.I. 1951/142, 1900 (1951 I, pp. 1348, 1347), 1965/319 and 1970/1681

C3Councils of administrative counties, boroughs (except those in rural districts), urban districts, rural districts and urban parishes outside Greater London and Isles of Scilly together with municipal corporations of boroughs outside Greater London now abolished and councils of metropolitan counties, non-metropolitan counties and districts constituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), ss. 1, 2, Sch. 1

C4Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

C5Act: transfer of functions (W.) (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

Commencement Information

I1Act wholly in force at Royal Assent

Part IE+W Poor Law

1—14.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1E+W

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 1–14 repealed by National Assistance Act 1948 (c. 29), Sch. 7 Pt. III

15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2E+W

Textual Amendments

F2S. 15 repealed by Local Government Act 1948 (c. 26), Sch. 2 Pt. II

16, 17.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3E+W

Textual Amendments

F3Ss. 16, 17 repealed by National Assistance Act 1948 (c. 29), Sch. 7 Pt. III

18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4E+W

Textual Amendments

F4S. 18 repealed by National Assistance Act 1948 (c. 29), Sch. 7 Pt. III and Local Government Act 1948 (c. 26), Sch. 2 Pt. II

19, 20.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5E+W

Textual Amendments

F5Ss. 19, 20 repealed by National Assistance Act 1948 (c. 29), Sch. 7 Pt. III

Part IIE+W Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages

21—25.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6E+W

Textual Amendments

F6Ss. 21–25 repealed by Registration Service Act 1953 (c. 37), Sch. 2

26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7E+W

Textual Amendments

F7S. 26 repealed by Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (c. 20), Sch. 2

27, 28.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8E+W

Textual Amendments

F8Ss. 27, 28 repealed by Registration Service Act 1953 (c. 37), Sch. 2

Part IIIE+W Roads and Town Planning

29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9E+W

Textual Amendments

F9S. 29 repealed by Highways Act 1959 (c. 25), s. 312(2), Sch. 25 and London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), s. 16(2), Sch. 6 para. 70

30, 31.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10E+W

Textual Amendments

F10Ss. 30, 31 repealed by Highways Act 1959 (c. 25), s. 312(2), Sch. 25 and Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

32—39.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11E+W

Textual Amendments

F11Ss. 32–39 repealed by Highways Act 1959 (c. 25), s. 312(2), Sch. 25 and London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), s. 16(2), Sch. 6 para. 70

40—45.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12E+W

Textual Amendments

F12Ss. 40–45 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1932 (c. 48), Sch. 5

Part IVE+W Miscellaneous Local Government Provisions

46. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13E+W

Textual Amendments

F13S. 46 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), Sch. Pt. VIII

47. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14E+W

Textual Amendments

F14S. 47 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

48. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15E+W

Textual Amendments

F15S. 48 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV and London Government Act 1939 (c. 40), Sch. 8

49. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16E+W

Textual Amendments

F16S. 49 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17E+W

Textual Amendments

F17S. 50 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), Sch. Pt. VIII

MiscellaneousE+W

51. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18E+W

Textual Amendments

F18S. 51 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV, London Government Act 1939 (c. 40), Sch. 8 and City of London (Various Powers) Act 1958 (c. xlvii), s. 17(2)

52—56.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19E+W

Textual Amendments

F19Ss. 52–56 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

57 Relations between county councils and district councils in respect of public health functions.E+W

(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F20

F21(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F21(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F22

Textual Amendments

F20S. 57(1) repealed by Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49), s. 346, Sch. 3 Pt. V

F21S. 57(2) and (3) repealed by virtue of Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49), s. 346, Sch. 3 Pt. V and Food and Drugs Act 1938 (c. 56), Sch. 4 Pt. I so far as regards functions relating to public health which are functions under those Acts, and 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X

F22S. 57(4) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VIII

58. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F23E+W

Textual Amendments

F23S. 58 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

59. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F24E+W

Textual Amendments

F24S. 59 repealed by Public Health (London) Act 1936 (c. 50), Sch. 7 and Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

60, 61.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F25E+W

Textual Amendments

F25Ss. 60, 61 repealed by Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49), Sch. 3 Pt. V

62. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F26E+W

Textual Amendments

F26S. 62 repealed by National Health Service Act 1946 (c. 81), Sch. 10 Pt. II

63. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F27E+W

Textual Amendments

F27S. 63 repealed by Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49), Sch. 3 Pt. V

64. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F28E+W

Textual Amendments

F28S. 64 repealed by London Government Act 1939 (c. 40), Sch. 8

65, 66.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F29E+W

Textual Amendments

F29Ss. 65, 66 repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

Part VE+W Rating and Valuation

67. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F30E+W

Textual Amendments

F30S. 67 repealed by General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9), Sch. 14 Pt. I

68, 69.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F31E+W

Textual Amendments

F31Ss. 68, 69 repealed by Rating and Valuation Act 1961 (c. 45), Sch. 5 Pt. I

70. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F32E+W

Textual Amendments

F32S. 70 repealed by Local Government Act 1948 (c. 26), Sch. 2 Pt. II

71. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F33E+W

Textual Amendments

F33Ss. 71, 72 repealed by General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9), Sch. 14 Pt. I

Consequential ProvisionsE+W

72. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F34E+W

Textual Amendments

F34Ss. 71, 72 repealed by General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9), Sch. 14 Pt. I

73. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F35E+W

Textual Amendments

F35S. 73 repealed by Rating and Valuation Act 1961 (c. 45), Sch. 5 Pt. I

74. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F36E+W

Textual Amendments

F36S. 74 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV and Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

F3775. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W

Textual Amendments

F37S. 75 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X

76. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F38E+W

Textual Amendments

F38S. 76 repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

77 Adaptation of enactments relating to water rates.E+W

(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.

[F40(2) 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.]

Textual Amendments

F39Words repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

F40S. 77(2) repealed by Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49), s. 346, Sch. 3 Pt. V so far as regards water rates under that Act

Marginal Citations

M11847 c. 17.

78. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F41E+W

Textual Amendments

F41S. 78 repealed by Land Drainage Act 1961 (c. 48), Sch. 2

79. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F42E+W

Textual Amendments

F42S. 79 repealed by Finance Act 1963 (c. 25), Sch. 13 Pt. IV and Criminal Justice Act 1972 (c. 71), Sch. 6 Pt. I

80. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F43E+W

Textual Amendments

F43S. 80 repealed by Representation of the People Act 1949 (c. 68), s. 175, Sch. 9

81. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F44E+W

Textual Amendments

F44S. 81 repealed by Finance Act 1963 (c. 25), Sch. 13 Pt. IV

82. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F45E+W

Textual Amendments

F45S. 82 repealed by Education Act 1944 (c. 31), Sch. 9 Pt. I and Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

83 General adaptation of enactments and other documents.E+W

(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.

Textual Amendments

F46Words repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

84. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F47E+W

Textual Amendments

F47S. 84 repealed by General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9), Sch. 14

Part VIE+W Exchequer Grants and other Financial Provisions

Discontinued GrantsE+W

85. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F48E+W

Textual Amendments

F48S. 85 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VIII

86—92.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F49E+W

Textual Amendments

F49Ss. 86–92 repealed by Local Government Act 1948 (c. 26), Sch. 2 Pt. I

93. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F50E+W

Textual Amendments

F50S. 93 repealed by National Health Service Act 1946 (c. 81), Sch. 10 Pt. II

94—100.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F51E+W

Textual Amendments

F51Ss. 94–100 repealed by Local Government Act 1948 (c. 26), Sch. 2 Pt. I

101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F52E+W

Textual Amendments

F52S. 101 repealed by National Health Service Act 1946 (c. 81), Sch. 10 Pt. II

102. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F53E+W

Textual Amendments

F53S. 102 repealed by National Assistance Act 1948 (c. 29), Sch. 7 Pt. III

103, 104.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F54E+W

Textual Amendments

F54Ss. 103, 104, 106–112 repealed by Local Government Act 1948 (c. 26), Sch. 2 Pt. I

GeneralE+W

105 Application of Exchequer Grants, &c.E+W

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F55 all sums received by a county council by way F55 of proceeds of local taxation licence duties shall be applicable to general county purposes.

Textual Amendments

F55Words repealed by Local Government Act 1948 (c. 26), Sch. 2 Pt. I

106—112.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F56E+W

Textual Amendments

F56Ss. 103, 104, 106–112 repealed by Local Government Act 1948 (c. 26), Sch. 2 Pt. I

Part VIIE+W Property Liabilities and Officers

Transfer of Property and LiabilitiesE+W

113. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F57E+W

Textual Amendments

F57S. 113 repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

114. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F58E+W

Textual Amendments

F58S. 114 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), Sch. Pt. VIII

115 Parish property.E+W

(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F59

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F60

(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). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F61

(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.

Textual Amendments

F59S. 115(1) repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

F60S. 115(2) repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV, London Government Act 1939 (c. 40), Sch. 8 and City of London (Various Powers) Act 1958 (c. xlvii), s. 18(3)

F61Ss. 115(5), 116, 117(1)(2) repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

F62Words repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV, London Government Act 1939 (c. 40), Sch. 8 and City of London (Various Powers) Act 1958 (c. xlvii), s. 18(3)

F63Words substituted by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), s. 83, Sch. 17 para. 6

Marginal Citations

M21894 c. 73.

116. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F64E+W

Textual Amendments

F64Ss. 115(5), 116, 117(1)(2) repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

117†Transfer of road property and liabilities.E+W

(1)(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F65

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F66

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F67

(5)—(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F68

(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]

Textual Amendments

F65Ss. 115(5), 116, 117(1)(2) repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

F66S. 117(3) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

F67S. 117(4) repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

F68S. 117(5)–(7) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

F69Words substituted by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), Sch. 15 para. 18

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C6Unreliable margin note

118. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F70E+W

Textual Amendments

F70S. 118 repealed by Highways Act 1959 (c. 25), s. 312(2), Sch. 25

119, 120.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F71E+W

Textual Amendments

F71Ss. 119, 120 repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

121—126.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F72E+W

Textual Amendments

F72Ss. 121–126 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV

Part VIIIE+W 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). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F75

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F74

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F76

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F77

Textual Amendments

F73Words repealed by Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49), Sch. 3 Pt. V

F74Words repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

F75S. 128(1)(b) repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

F76S. 128(2) repealed by National Health Service Act 1946 (c. 81), Sch. 10 Pt. II

F77S. 128(3) repealed by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), Sch. 18 Pt. IIExpenses lending and borrowing128.-(1)Save as otherwise expressly provided by this Act ... , the expenses of the council of a county ... under this Act shall be defrayed - (a) ... as expenses for general county purposes; (b) .......................................................(2) ..........................................................(3) ..........................................................

129 Provisions as to inquiries.E+W

(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). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F79

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F80

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F81

Textual Amendments

F78Words repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV and London Government Act 1939 (c. 40), Sch. 8

F79S. 129(2) repealed by Highways Act 1959 (c. 25), s. 312(2), Sch. 25

F80S. 129(3) repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

F81S. 129(4) repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV and London Government Act 1939 (c. 40), Sch. 8

130. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F82E+W

Textual Amendments

F82S. 130 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6)

131 Provisions as to orders, schemes and regulations.E+W

(1)Any order F83. . . made under this Act may contain such incidental, consequential or supplemental provisions as may appear necessary or proper for the purposes of the order F83. . ..

(2)Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Act, any order F83. . . made under this Act may be altered or revoked by an order F83. . .made in like manner and subject to the like provisions as the original order F83. . .:

F84. . .

(3)Where any order F85... 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.

Textual Amendments

F83Words in s. 131(1) and (2) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X

F84Proviso to s. 131(2) repealed by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X

F85Words in s. 131(3) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 10 Group 3

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C7S. 131(3) amended by Statutory Instruments Act 1946 (c. 39), s. 5(2)

132 Transitory and temporary provisions and adaptation of enactments.E+W

(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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F86E+W

Textual Amendments

F86S. 133 repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

134 Definitions.E+W

In this Act unless the context otherwise requires—

“Appointed day” means the first day of April, nineteen hundred and thirty . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F87
F88. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F89
F88. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F90
F88. . .
F88. . .
F88. . .
“Enactment” includes any public general, local or private Act and any rule, regulation, byelaw, order, or award made under any Act:
F88. . .
“Functions” includes powers and duties:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F91
“Local Act” includes a Provisional Order confirmed by Act of Parliament:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F92
“Minister” means the Minister of Health:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F93
F88. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F92
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F94
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F94
F88. . .
“Property” and “liabilities” have the same meanings as in the M3Local Government Act, 1888:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F92
“Rate” has the same meaning as in the M4Rating and Valuation Act, 1925:
F88. . .
F88. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F92
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F95
“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:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F95
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F92
“Sinking fund” includes any fund for the redemption of debt:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F92
F88. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F92
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F95
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F92
F88. . .
“Water-rate” means any rate or other charge payable by consumers for the supply of water:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F96

Textual Amendments

F87Definitions of “Appropriate percentage” and “Appropriate year” repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

F88Definitions in s. 134 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X

F89Definition repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VIII

F90Definition of “County bridge” repealed by London Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

F91Definition of “Gross annual value for income tax purposes” repealed by Finance Act 1963 (c. 25), Sch. 13 Pt. IV

F92Definitions repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

F93Definition repealed by Finance Act 1963 (c. 25), Sch. 13 Pt. IV

F94Definitions repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), Sch. Pt. VIII

F95Definition repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV

F96Definition of “Weighted population” repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

Marginal Citations

M31888 c. 41.

M41925 c. 90.

135. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F97E+W

Textual Amendments

F97S. 135 repealed by Local Government Act 1948 (c. 26), Sch. 2 Pt. I

136. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F98E+W

Textual Amendments

F98S. 136 repealed by Transport Charges &c. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1954 (c. 64), Sch. 2 Pt. II

137. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F99E+W

Textual Amendments

F99S. 137 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6)

138 Short title and extent.E+W

(1)This Act may be cited as the Local Government Act, 1929.

(2)This Act shall not . . . F100 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.

F101(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F100Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), Sch. Pt. VIII

F101S. 138(4) repealed by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X

Marginal Citations

M51890 c. clxxvi.

SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULEE+W . . . F102

Textual Amendments

F102Sch. 1 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

Section 85.

[F103SECOND SCHEDULEE+W Discontinued Grants

Textual Amendments

F103Sch. 2 repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V but reproduced for the purpose of construing the remaining provisions of this Act

1E+WThe grants payable out of the Consolidated Fund or the growing produce thereof into the Local Taxation Account.

2E+WThe grants in aid of certain health services, that is to say, grants for maternity and child welfare, other than the training of midwives and health visitors, grants for the treatment of tuberculosis, grants for the treatment of venereal diseases, grants for the welfare of the blind, and grants in respect of mental defectives.

3E+WRoad grants, that is to say, grants made as classification grants in respect of roads and bridges classified by the Minister of Transport as roads and bridges of Class I or Class II, in London and county boroughs, and as grants for the maintenance of unclassified roads in counties.]

THIRD SCHEDULEE+W . . . F104

Textual Amendments

F104Sch. 3 repealed by Local Government Act 1966 (c. 42), Sch. 6 Pt. III

FOURTH AND FIFTH SCHEDULESE+W . . . F105

Textual Amendments

F105Schs. 4, 5 repealed by Local Government Act 1948 (c. 26), Sch. 2 Pt. I

SIXTH SCHEDULEE+W . . . F106

Textual Amendments

F106Sch. 6 repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

SEVENTH SCHEDULEE+W . . . F107

Textual Amendments

F107Sch. 7 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV, London Government Act 1939 (c. 40), Sch. 8 and City of London (Various Powers) Act 1958 (c. xlvii), s. 18(3)

EIGHTH SCHEDULEE+W . . . F108

Textual Amendments

F108Sch. 8 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV

NINTH SCHEDULEE+W

Part IE+W Transitional Provisions

Transfer of PropertyE+W

1E+WWhere any property is transferred by or in pursuance of Part VII of this Act from one authority to another authority or body—

(a)the property shall, except as otherwise expressly provided, be held by the authority or body to whom it is transferred subject to all debts and liabilities affecting the property;

(b)the latter authority or body shall hold the property for the estate, interest, and purposes, and subject to the covenants, conditions, and restrictions for and subject to which the property would have been held if this Act had not been passed, so far as they are not modified by or in pursuance of Part VII of this Act;

(c)if and so far as the property consists of stock, the provisions of the M6Local Government (Stock Transfer) Act, 1895, shall apply for the purposes of any such transfer in like manner, as if the transfer had been made by virtue of the M7Local Government Act, 1894, with this modification, that for the reference to a certificate of the clerk of the county council there shall be substituted a reference to a certificate of the Minister.

Marginal Citations

M61895 c. 32.

M71894 c. 73 (56 & 57 Vict.).

2—4.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F109

Textual Amendments

F109Sch. 9 Pt. I paras. 2–4, 7(1)(2), 8 and Pt. II paras. 1–6 repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

Provisions when liability for loan is transferred to the council who made the loanE+W

5E+WWhere the liabilities of an authority transferred to a council under Part VII of this Act comprises a liability on account of money aovanced by that council to the authority, the Minister may make such orders as he thinks fit for providing for the repayment of any debts incurred by the council for the purposes of those advances within a period fixed by the order, and, where the money advanced to the authority was money standing to the credit of any sinking fund or capital money applied under the M8Local Government Acts, 1888 and M91894, or either of them, for the repayment to the proper fund or account of the amount so advanced.

Marginal Citations

M81888 c. 41.

M91894 c. 73 (56 & 57 Vict.).

Provisions as to Loans of Rural District Councils for special ExpensesE+W

6E+WAs from the appointed day, any sum borrowed or reborrowed before that date by the council of a rural district on the credit of any rate out of which special expenses of the council are payable shall be deemed to have been borrowed also upon the credit of any moneys from time to time received by the council under this Act and applicable for the purposes for which the loan was contracted, and any mortgage for the purpose of securing the repayment of any sum so borrowed with interest thereon shall have effect accordingly.

Saving for Pending Contracts, Legal Proceedings, &c.E+W

7(1)(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F110E+W

(3)All contracts, deeds, bonds, agreements, notices, and other instruments affecting any functions, liabilities, debts, or property transferred by this Act and subsisting at the appointed day, shall be of as full force and effect against or in favour of the council to whom the transfer was made, and may be enforced as fully and effectually as if, instead of the authority named in the instrument, the council to whom the transfer was made had been a party thereto.

Textual Amendments

F110Sch. 9 Pt. I paras. 2–4, 7(1)(2), 8 and Pt. II paras. 1–6 repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

8E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F111

Textual Amendments

F111Sch. 9 Pt. I paras. 2–4, 7(1)(2), 8 and Pt. II paras. 1–6 repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

Part IIE+W

1—6.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F112

Textual Amendments

F112Sch. 9 Pt. I paras. 2–4, 7(1)(2), 8 and Pt. II paras. 1–6 repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

Section 132.

TENTH SCHEDULEE+W Adaptation of Enactments

General AdaptationsE+W

1E+WSubject to the provisions of this Schedule, references in any enactment so far as it applies to England to any of the terms mentioned in the first column of the following table shall be construed as references to the terms mentioned in the second column thereof.

Reference	Adaptation
Board of Guardians	Council of a county or county borough.
Board of management or managers of a school district.	Council of a county or county borough.
Chargeability for any poor law purpose to any parish, township or place, or to a parish or union, or to a union or parish, or to the common fund of a union.	Chargeability to a county or county borough.
Clerk to the guardians	Clerk of the county council or town clerk of the county borough, or such other officer as may for the purpose be appointed or designated by the council.
Common fund of the union or fund of the board of guardians for a single parish.	County fund or general rate fund of the county borough.
District school or district poor law school.	Separate school.
Guardian—as an individual	Member of the council of a county or county borough.
Guardians—as a corporate body	Council of a county or county borough.
Medical officer of a board of guardians or of a union.	Poor law medical officer of a county or county borough.
Officer of a board of guardians or guardians or officer of a union or other area for which a board of guardians are constituted.	Officer concerned with the relief of the poor.
Parish—as the area for which a board of guardians are constituted.	County or county borough.
Parish—as the area in which a settlement is acquired or derived.	County or county borough.
Parochial relief	Poor relief.
Poor law union	County or county borough.
Treasurer of a poor law union	County treasurer or treasurer of a county borough.
Union or other area for which a board of guardians are constituted.	County or county borough.
Union or parochial relief	Poor relief.

2E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F113

Textual Amendments

F113Sch. 10 para. 2 repealed by Highways Act 1959 (c. 25), s. 312(2), Sch. 25

3E+WWhere by any enactment any forms are prescribed, the Minister may by order make such adaptations thereof as may appear to him to be necessary for the purpose of bringing the forms into conformity with this Act.

4E+WThe Minister may by order made on the application of any council exercising functions under this Act make such amendments or adaptations of any local Act as may appear to him to be necessary for the purpose of bringing any provision of that Act into conformity with the provisions of this Act and any such order shall be laid before Parliament as soon as may be after it is made.

Special AdaptationsE+W

5E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F114

Textual Amendments

F114Sch. 10 para. 5 repealed by Local Government Act 1948 (c. 26), Sch. 2 Pt. IV

6, 7.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F115

Textual Amendments

F115Sch. 10 paras. 6, 7 repealed by Registration Service Act 1953 (c. 37), Sch. 2

8, 9.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F116

Textual Amendments

F116Sch. 10 paras. 8, 9 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

10E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F117

Textual Amendments

F117Sch. 10 para. 10 repealed by Highways Act 1959 (c. 25), s. 312(2), Sch. 25

11E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F118

Textual Amendments

F118Sch. 10 para. 11 repealed by National Health Service Act 1946 (c. 81), Sch. 10 Pt. II

12, 13.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F119

Textual Amendments

F119Sch. 10 paras. 12, 13 repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

14E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F120

Textual Amendments

F120Sch. 10 para. 14 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

15E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F121

Textual Amendments

F121Sch. 10 para. 15 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. X

16E+WAs from the first day of October, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, section ten of the M10Allotments Act, 1922, shall not apply to land which is agricultural land within the meaning of Part V of this Act.

Marginal Citations

M101922 c. 51.

17E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F122

Textual Amendments

F122Sch. 10 para. 17 repealed with savings by Agricultural Holdings Act 1948 (c. 63), ss. 98–100, Sch. 8

18E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F123

Textual Amendments

F123Sch. 10 para. 18 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. X

19E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F124

Textual Amendments

F124Sch. 10 para. 19 repealed by Teachers Superannuation Act 1965 (c. 83), Sch. 3 Pt. II

20E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F125

Textual Amendments

F125Sch. 10 para. 20 repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

21E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F126

Textual Amendments

F126Sch. 10 para. 21 repealed by Poor Law Act 1930 (c. 17), Sch. 4 and Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

22E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F127

Textual Amendments

F127Sch. 10 para. 22 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

Special adaptations applying to the County of LondonE+W

23(1)References in any other enactment to the Metropolitan Asylum District or to an asylum district, shall be construed as references to the County of London, and references in any other enactment to the Metropolitan Asylum Managers or Metropolitan Asylums Board, or to an asylum board or managers of an asylum district constituted under the M11Poor Law Act, 1927, or under any enactment repealed by that Act, shall be construed as references to the London County Council.E+W

(2)References in any enactment to asylums or hospitals under the M12Metropolitan Poor Act, 1867, or provided by the Metropolitan Asylum Managers or by an asylum board, shall be construed as references to asylums and hospitals provided for the county of London under the Poor Law Act, 1927, or any enactment repealed by that Act.

Marginal Citations

M111927 c. 14.

M121867 c. 6.

24E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F128

Textual Amendments

F128Sch. 10 para. 24 repealed by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), Sch. 18 Pt. II

25E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F129

Textual Amendments

F129Sch. 10 para. 25 repealed by National Health Service Act 1946 (c. 81), Sch. 10 Pt. II

26E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F130

Textual Amendments

F130Sch. 10 para. 26 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV and Public Health (London) Act 1936 (c. 50), Sch. 7

ELEVENTH SCHEDULEE+W . . . F131

Textual Amendments

F131Sch. 11 repealed by Transport Charges &c. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1954 (c. 64), Sch. 2 Pt. II

TWELFTH SCHEDULEE+W . . . F132

Textual Amendments

F132Sch. 12 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6)