Local Government (Emergency Provisions) Act 1916

13 Removal of obligation to make certain returns and reports

(1) It shall be a sufficient compliance with the requirements of the [23 & 23 Vict. c. 51.] Local Taxation Returns Acts, 1860 and [40 & 41 Vict. c. 66.] 1877, the [45 & 46 Vict. c. 50.] Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, and the Local Government Act, 1888, if a summary of the local taxation returns is laid before both Houses of Parliament instead of the abstract thereof required by those Acts.

(2) A local authority shall not be required to report to the Local Government Board the proceedings of its assessment committee or to make to that Board any return of the superannuation allowances and gratuities paid under the Poor Law Officers' Superannuation Act, 1896.

(3) It shall not be necessary to make out the accounts required by subsection (7) of section one of the [57 & 58 Vict. c. 53.] London (Equalisation of Rates) Act, 1894.

(4) It shall not be necessary to present to the Local Government Board the account under Part II of the [53 & 54 Vict. c. 70.] Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, required by section forty-four of that Act.

(5) Section six of the [6 & 7 Will .4. c. 86.] Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1836, which relates to the preparation of general abstracts of the number of births, deaths, and marriages by the Registrar General, shall not be in force.

(6) It shall not be necessary for the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries—

(a) to convene meetings of the representatives of local fishery committees required by section nine of the [51 & 52 Vict. c. 54.] Sea Fisheries Regulation Act, 1888 ; or

(b) to make the annual report to Parliament required by section fifty-nine of the [8 Edw. 7. c. 36.] Small Holdings and Allotments Act, 1908, or to require county, borough, district, and parish councils to send to the Board reports of their proceedings under that Act.

(7) It shall not be necessary for a metropolitan borough council to make the annual report of their proceedings or a list of the names and addresses of their members referred to in section one hundred and ninety-eight of the [18 & 19 Vict. c. 120.] Metropolis Management Act, 1855, as amended by subsequent enactments.