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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Local Government Act 1974 (c. 7)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

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Local Government Act 1974

1974 CHAPTER 7

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. Part I

    Grants

    1. Rate support grants

      1. 1. Rate support grants

      2. 2. Elements of rate support grants

      3. 3. Rate support grant orders

      4. 4. Variation of rate support grant orders

      5. 5. Reduction of grants in case of default

    2. Grants for particular purposes

      1. 6. Supplementary grants for transport purposes

      2. 7.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 8. Specific grants for purposes not covered by rate support grants

      4. 9. Grants and loans by the Countryside Commission

    3. Supplementary

      1. 10. Supplementary provisions for Part I

  2. Part II

    Rating

    1. 11—14... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 15—19... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. 20.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 21, 22... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  3. Part III

    Local Government Administration

    1. 23. The Commissions for Local Administration

    2. 23A. Annual reports for representatives etc

    3. 24.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 25. Authorities subject to investigation

    5. 26. Matters subject to investigation

    6. 27. Provisions relating to complaints

    7. 28. Procedure in respect of investigations

    8. 29. Investigations: further provisions

    9. 30. Reports on investigations

    10. 31. Reports on investigations: further provisions

    11. 31A. Consideration of adverse reports

    12. 32. Law of defamation, and disclosure of information

    13. 33. Consultation between Local Commissioner, the Parliamentary Commissioner and the Health Service Commissioners

    14. 33A. Disclosure of information by Local Commissioner to Information Commissioner

    15. 34. Interpretation of Part III

  4. Part IV

    Miscellaneous and General

    1. 35. Removal or relaxation of controls affecting certain local authority functions

    2. 36. Recovery by local authorities of establishment charges

    3. 37.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 38.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    5. 39. Compensation for loss of office : extension of cases for which regulations may provide

    6. 40.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    7. 41. Expenses

    8. 42. Minor and consequential amendments and repeals

    9. 43. Short title, commencement, construction, application and extent

  5. SCHEDULE 1

    Termination or Modification of Certain Existing Grants

  6. SCHEDULE 2

    Elements of Rate Support Grants

  7. SCHEDULE 3

    . .

  8. SCHEDULE 4

    The Commissions

  9. SCHEDULE 5

    Matters not Subject to Investigation

  10. SCHEDULE 6

    RELAXATION AND REMOVAL OF CONTROLS

  11. SCHEDULE 7

    MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

  12. SCHEDULE 8

    Enactments Repealed

An Act to make further provision, in relation to England and Wales, with respect to the payment of grants to local authorities, rating and valuation, borrowing and lending by local authorities and the classification of highways; to extend the powers of the Countryside Commission to give financial assistance; to provide for the establishment of Commissions for the investigation of administrative action taken by or on behalf of local and other authorities; to restrict certain grants under the Transport Act 1968; to provide for the removal or relaxation of certain statutory controls affecting local government activities; to make provision in relation to the collection of sums by local authorities on behalf of water authorities; to amend section 259(3) of the Local Government Act 1972 and to make certain minor amendments of or consequential on that Act; and for connected purposes.

[8th February 1974]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Act: transfer of certain functions (W.) (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

Commencement Information

I1Act partly in force at Royal Assent, see s. 43(2); Act wholly in force at 1.4.1979

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