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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (c.57)

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 It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.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 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976

1976 CHAPTER 57

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. Part I

    General

    1. Highways

      1. 1–6.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 7. Control of road-side sales

    2. Housing

      1. 8.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 9, 10... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. Heating etc

      1. 11. Production and supply of heat etc. by local authorities

      2. 12. Provisions supplementary to s. 11

    4. Land

      1. 13. Compulsory acquisition by local authorities of rights over land

      2. 14. Injurious affection connected with certain land held by local authorities and acquired by agreement before 1st April 1974

      3. 15. Power of local authorities to survey land which they propose to acquire compulsorily

      4. 16. Power of local authorities to obtain particulars of persons interested in land

    5. Bathing and boating

      1. 17. Byelaws about bathing and boating

      2. 18. Licensing of pleasure boats and boatmen

    6. Places of entertainment

      1. 19. Recreational facilities

      2. 20. Provision of sanitary appliances at places of entertainment

      3. 21. Appeal to county court against certain notices under s. 20

      4. 22. Byelaws about fairs etc

    7. Dangerous trees and excavations

      1. 23. Power of local authorities to deal with dangerous trees

      2. 24. Provisions supplementary to s. 23

      3. 25. Power of certain councils with respect to dangerous excavations

      4. 26. Provisions supplementary to s. 25

    8. Alterations of supplemental provisions of Public Health Acts

      1. 27. Alterations of supplemental provisions of Public Health Acts

    9. Financial provisions

      1. 28. Funds of local authorities etc

      2. 29. Repayment of unclaimed compensation etc. paid into court

      3. 30. Power to forgo repayment of advances of remuneration paid to deceased employees

      4. 31. Indemnities for officers of local authorities appointed as receivers or administrators

    10. Miscellaneous

      1. 32. Power of local authorities to execute works outside their areas

      2. 33. Restoration or continuation of supply of water, gas or electricity

      3. 34.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      4. 35. Removal of obstructions from private sewers

      5. 36. Power of local authorities to appoint times and charges for markets

      6. 37. Control of parking on areas used for loading or unloading goods vehicles

      7. 38. Use of spare capacity of computers of local authorities

      8. 39. Protection of members and officers etc. of local authorities from personal liability

      9. 40. Local authorities not affected by trusts attaching to certain securities issued by them

      10. 41. Evidence of resolutions and minutes of proceedings etc

      11. 42. Certain future local Acts etc. to be subject to the planning enactments etc. except as otherwise provided

      12. 43.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    11. Supplemental

      1. 44. Interpretation etc. of Part I

  2. Part II

    Hackney carriages and private hire vehicles

    1. 45. Application of Part II

    2. 46. Vehicle, drivers’ and operators’ licences

    3. 47. Licensing of hackney carriages

    4. 48. Licensing of private hire vehicles

    5. 49. Transfer of hackney carriages and private hire vehicles

    6. 50. Provisions as to proprietors

    7. 51. Licensing of drivers of private hire vehicles

    8. 52. Appeals in respect of drivers’ licences

    9. 53. Drivers’ licences for hackney carriages and private hire vehicles

    10. 54. Issue of drivers’ badges

    11. 55. Licensing of operators of private hire vehicles

    12. 56. Operators of private hire vehicles

    13. 57. Power to require applicants to submit information

    14. 58. Return of identification plate or disc on revocation or expiry of licence etc

    15. 59. Qualifications for drivers of hackney carriages

    16. 60. Suspension and revocation of vehicle licences

    17. 61. Suspension and revocation of drivers’ licences

    18. 62. Suspension and revocation of operators’ licences

    19. 63. Stands for hackney carriages

    20. 64. Prohibition of other vehicles on hackney carriage stands

    21. 65. Fixing of fares for hackney carriages

    22. 66. Fares for long journeys

    23. 67. Hackney carriages used for private hire

    24. 68. Fitness of hackney carriages and private hire vehicles

    25. 69. Prolongation of journeys

    26. 70. Fees for vehicle and operators’ licences

    27. 71. Taximeters

    28. 72. Offences due to fault of other person etc

    29. 73. Obstruction of authorised officers

    30. 74. Saving for certain businesses

    31. 75. Saving for certain vehicles etc

    32. 76. Penalties

    33. 77. Appeals

    34. 78. Application of provisions of Act of 1936

    35. 79. Authentication of licences

    36. 80. Interpretation of Part II

  3. Part III

    Supplemental

    1. 81. Repeals

    2. 82. Expenses etc

    3. 83. Short title, commencement and extent

  4. SCHEDULE 1

    Adaptation of enactments in connection with compulsory purchases of rights

  5. SCHEDULE 2

    ENACTMENTS REPEALED

An Act to make amendments for England and Wales of provisions of the law which relates to local authorities or highways and is commonly amended by local Acts; to alter certain supplemental provisions of the enactments relating to public health; to provide for certain powers of local authorities to execute works to be exercisable outside their areas; to provide for certain future local enactments and orders to have effect subject to certain other enactments; to amend section 126 of the Housing Act 1974; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

[15th November 1976]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Act (except s. 30(3): transfer of functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

C2Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

Commencement Information

I1Act partly in force at Royal Assent, see s. 83(2); Act wholly in force at 14.2.1977.

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