Part I E+W Parish Meetings and Parish Councils

Powers and Duties of Parish Councils and Parish Meetings E+W

5 †Parish council to appoint overseers. E+W

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(b) references in any Act to the churchwardens and overseers shall, as respects any rural parish, except so far as those references relate to the affairs of the church, be construed as references to the overseers,

(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 5(1)(2)(a) repealed by Rating and Valuation Act 1925 (c. 90), Sch. 8

F2 Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)

F3 S. 5(2)(c) repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Unreliable margin note

C2 Functions of churchwardens and overseers now generally exercisable in City of London by Common Council and elsewhere by rating authorities: City of London (Union of Parishes) Act 1907 (c. xl), s. 11, London Government Act 1899 (c. 14), s. 11(1), Rating and Valuation Act 1925 (c. 90), s. 62(1), S.R. & O. 1927/55 (Rev. XIX, p. 599: 1927, p. 964), London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), s. 63(1) and General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9), s. 1(1)