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Local Government Act 1894 (c.73)

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Local Government Act 1894

1894 CHAPTER 73 56_and_57_Vict

Contents

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  1. Part I

    Parish Meetings and Parish Councils

    1. 1—4.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. Powers and Duties of Parish Councils and Parish Meetings

      1. 5.†Parish council to appoint overseers

      2. 6. Transfer of certain powers of vestry and other authorities to parish council

      3. 7.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      4. 8. Additional powers of parish council

      5. 9.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      6. 10.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      7. 11, 12... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      8. 13.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      9. 14.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      10. 15.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      11. 16.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      12. 17, 18... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      13. 19. Provisions as to small parishes

  2. Part II

    Guardians and District Councils

    1. 20.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 21. Names of county districts and district councils

    3. 22—24... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 25.†Powers of district council with respect to sanitary and highway matters

    5. 26.†Duties and powers of district council as to rights of way, rights of common, and roadside wastes

    6. 27. Transfer of certain powers of justices to district councils

    7. 28, 29... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    8. 30.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    9. 31.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    10. 32.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    11. 33.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    12. 34.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    13. 35.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  3. Part III

    1. 36—42... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  4. Part IV

    Supplemental

    1. 43, 44... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 45.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. 46.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 47.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    5. 48.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    6. 49.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    7. 50.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    8. Parish and District Councils

      1. 51.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 52.†Supplemental provisions as to transfer of powers

      3. 53.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      4. 54–59.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    9. Miscellaneous

      1. 60, 61... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 62.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 63.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      4. 64.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      5. 65. Saving for harbour powers

      6. 66.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      7. 67. Transfer of property and debts and liabilities

      8. 68, 69... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      9. 70.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      10. 71.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      11. 72, 73... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      12. 74.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      13. 75. Construction of Act

      14. 76. Extent of Act

      15. 77. Short title

  5. Part V

    Transitory Provisions

    1. 78.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 79.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. 80.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 81.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    5. 82.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    6. 83.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    7. 84.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    8. 85—89... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  6. FIRST SCHEDULE

  7. SECOND SCHEDULE

An Act to make further provision for Local Government in England and Wales.

[5th March 1894]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Councils 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

C2Act amended with the substitution for any reference to a rural parish or its council or meeting of a reference to (E.) a parish or its council or meeting and (W.) a community or its council by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 179 subject as in that section mentioned

C3Functions of Local Government Board now exercisable by Secretary of State: Ministry of Health Act 1919 (c. 21), s. 3(1)(a), S.I. 1951/142, 1900 (1951 I, pp. 1348, 1347), S.I. 1965/319 and 1970/1681

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

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