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1 In section 1 of the Burial Act 1859 (failure to comply with Order in Council) after “City of London” insert “or Welsh county council or county borough council”.
2 In section 14 of the Game Licences Act 1860 (obligations of persons licensed to deal in game) the words “from the justices of the peace” shall cease to have effect.
3 In subsection (3) of section 67 of the Explosives Act 1875 (definition of local authority), after “a county” insert “or county borough”.
4 In section 6 of the Finance Act 1908 (collection by local authorities of duties on game licences)—
(a) in subsection (1), omit “and Wales” and at the end add “and in Wales be vested in the councils of counties and county boroughs”; and
(b) in subsection (2), omit “district” and after “1st April 1974” add “or, in relation to Wales, to a council having power to levy those duties after 1st April 1996”.
5 In section 1 of the Commons Act 1908 (power of making regulations as to the turning out of entire animals on commons), in subsection (3), after “county” insert “, county borough”.
6 In section 19 of the Welsh Church Act 1914 (application of residue of property)—
(a) in subsection (1)(a), for the words from “The property” to “council either” substitute “Property vested in a Welsh county council or county borough council by virtue of a designation made under section 50 of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 shall be applied, in accordance with one or more schemes made by a Welsh county council or county borough council either”; and
(b) in subsection (1)(b), after “county” insert “or county borough”.
7 (1) In section 193 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (rights of the public over commons and waste lands), in subsection (1)(d)(ii), after “county” insert “, county borough”.
(2) In section 194 of that Act (restrictions on inclosure of commons)—
(a) in subsection (2), after second “county” insert “or county borough”; and
(b) in subsection (3)(b), after “county” insert “, county borough”.
8 In section 54 of the Education Act 1944 (power to ensure cleanliness), at the end add—
“(9) Subsection (4) above has effect in relation to Wales as if the words from “and where” to the end were omitted.”
9 In section 59(1) of the Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1945, in the definition of “local authority” at the end add “but in relation to Wales means a county or county borough”.
10 (1) In section 8 of the Fire Services Act 1947 (constitution and powers of fire authorities constituted under combination schemes)—
(a) in subsection (3), after “counties” insert “or, in Wales, counties or county boroughs”; and
(b) in subsection (4), after “county” insert “or, in Wales, of a county or county borough”.
(2) In section 9 of that Act (amendment and revocation of combination schemes)—
(a) in subsection (2)(a), after “counties” insert “or, in Wales, counties or county boroughs”; and
(b) in subsection (4), after “county” insert “or, in Wales, of any county or county borough”.
(3) In section 11 of that Act (adaptation of local Acts relating to fire services), in subsection (1), after “county” insert “or, in Wales, the county or county borough”.
11 In section 73 of the Shops Act 1950 (local authorities), in subsection (1), after “the borough;” insert “as respects any county or county borough in Wales, the council of that area;”.
12 In section 21 of the Registration Service Act 1953 (interpretation), in subsection (2)(b), at the end add “and any reference to a non-metropolitan county includes a reference to a county borough”.
13 In section 1(5) of the Trading Representations (Disabled Persons) Act 1958 (definition of “local authority” for purposes of registration of sellers of certain goods), after “means” insert “, in relation to England,” and after “City of London,” insert “in relation to Wales, the council of a county or county borough,”.
14 In section 15A of the Opencast Coal Act 1958 (suspension of public rights of way), in subsection (5)(a), in sub-paragraph (i) omit “and Wales” and “or community”, and after “meeting;” insert—
“(ia) in Wales, the county council or county borough council, and any community council”.
15 In section 5 of the Weeds Act 1959 (exercise of powers by local authority), after “county” insert “, county borough” (in both places).
16 (1) In section 23 of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (power to prohibit caravans on commons), at the end add—
“(9) This section and the Second Schedule to this Act shall apply in relation to land in Wales as if for every reference to a district council or to the district council (however expressed), or which falls to be construed as such a reference, there were substituted a reference to a Welsh county council or county borough council or (as the case may be) the Welsh county council or county borough council.”
(2) In section 24(8) of that Act (local authorities who have power to provide sites for caravans), after “county” insert “in England” and omit “constituted under section four of the Act of 1947”.
(3) In section 29(1) of that Act (interpretation of Part I), in the definition of “local authority”, at the end add “but, in relation to Wales, means the council of a Welsh county or county borough”.
17 In section 39(1) of the Land Compensation Act 1961 (interpretation), in the definition of “authority possessing compulsory purchase powers” for “or county council” substitute “, county council or county borough council”.
18 In section 176 of the Factories Act 1961 (general interpretation), after subsection (8) insert—
“(8A) In the application of this Act in relation to Wales—
(a) any reference to a district council shall be construed as a reference to a county council or (as the case may be) county borough council; and
(b) any reference to the district of a district council shall be construed as a reference to a county or county borough.”
19 (1) In section 11 of the Trustee Investments Act 1961 (local authority investment schemes), in subsection (4)(a), after “county,” insert “a county borough,”.
(2) In Part IV of Schedule 1 to that Act (manner of investment), in paragraph 4, in paragraph (a) of the definition of “local authority”, after “county,” insert “a county borough,”.
20 (1) In section 2 of the Local Government (Records) Act 1962 (acquisition and deposit of records), in subsection (6) after “county,” insert “county borough,”.
(2) In section 8(1) of that Act (interpretation), in the definition of “local authority”, after “county,” insert “county borough,”.
21 In section 35 of the Pipe-lines Act 1962 (deposit of maps of pipe-lines with local authorities), in subsection (6), omit “and Wales” and after “City of London,” insert “for the purpose of the application of this section to Wales, that expression means the council of a county or county borough,”.
22 (1) In section 58(1)(a) of the Licensing Act 1964 (meaning of “local authority”), after “district,” insert “or, in Wales, the council of the county or county borough,”.
(2) In section 66 of that Act (Sunday closing in Wales)—
(a) in subsection (1), for “district” substitute “county or county borough”;
(b) omit subsection (2);
(c) in subsection (3), for the first and third “district” substitute “county or county borough” (in each case), and for the second and fourth “district” substitute “county or, as the case may be, county borough” (in each case);
(d) in subsection (4)—
(i) for “district council” substitute “county council or, as the case may be, county borough council”;
(ii) for “district”, in every other case, substitute “county or county borough”; and
(iii) for “1975” substitute “1996”;
(e) in subsection (5), for “districts” substitute “counties and county boroughs”; and
(f) in subsection (7), for “district council” substitute “county council or county borough council” and for second “district” substitute “county or county borough”.
(3) In section 67 of that Act (Welsh Sunday polls)—
(a) in subsection (2)(a), for the first “district” substitute “county or county borough” and for “district councillors” substitute “councillors of the county or (as the case may be) county borough”;
(b) in subsection (3), for the first “district” substitute “county or county borough”, and for “district council” substitute (in both places) “county council or (as the case may be) county borough council”;
(c) in subsection (4), for “district” substitute “county or county borough”; and
(d) in subsection (5), for “district councillors” substitute “councillors of the county or county borough”.
(4) In section 98 of that Act (grounds for refusing applications for Part IV licences), in subsection (5)(a) after “district” insert “or, in Wales, the council of the county or county borough”.
(5) In section 180 of that Act (consent to grant of occasional licence), in subsection (1)(a), for “a district or part thereof” substitute “any area”.
(6) In Schedule 2 to that Act (applications for justices' licences), in paragraph 5, in paragraph (a), after “licensed are” insert “in England but” and, after paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa) if the premises to be licensed are in Wales, to the proper officer of the county council or county borough council; and”.
(7) In Schedule 8 to that Act (Sunday polls in Wales), in paragraph 6—
(a) in sub-paragraph (1), omit the first “district”, for the second “district” substitute “county or county borough” and for the third “district” substitute “county or (as the case may be) county borough”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (2), for the first “district” substitute “county or county borough” and omit “district” in both other places;
(c) in sub-paragraph (3), omit the first “district” and for the second “district” substitute “county or county borough”;
(d) in sub-paragraph (4), for the first “district” substitute “county or county borough”, omit the second “district” and for “district council” substitute “county council or (as the case may be) county borough council”.
(8) In paragraph 7 of Schedule 8 to that Act—
(a) in sub-paragraph (1), for the first “district” substitute “county or county borough”, for the second “district” substitute “county or (as the case may be) county borough”, omit the third “district” and for “councillor for the district” substitute “councillor of the county or (as the case may be) county borough”; and
(b) in sub-paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) omit “district”.
(9) After paragraph 7 of Schedule 8 to that Act insert—
“(7A) In paragraphs 6 and 7 above “returning officer”, in relation to a county or county borough, means the returning officer for elections of councillors of the county or county borough.”
(10) In the Appendix to Schedule 8 to that Act—
(a) in form A, for “[district of]” substitute “[county/county borough of]”;
(b) in form B, for “[district of]”, substitute, in each place, “[county/county borough of]”;
(c) in form D, for “[ward of the district of]” substitute, in each place, “[division of the county/county borough of]” and for “said district” substitute “said [county/county borough]”; and
(d) in form E, for “[district of]” substitute, in each place, “[county/county borough of]”.
23 In Schedule 3 to the Harbours Act 1964 (procedure for making harbour orders), in paragraph 3(ba)—
(a) omit “and Wales” and “or community”; and
(b) after “parish council” insert “, in Wales, a county council, a county borough council and a community council”.
24 (1) Omit the following provisions from the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964—
(a) in section 4 (library authorities and areas), from “— (a)” to “(b)”, in subsection (2);
(b) in section 5 (joint boards), the proviso in subsection (3);
(c) section 6 (special provisions as to Welsh districts);
(d) in section 10 (default powers of Secretary of State), in subsection (2)—
(i) paragraph (a);
(ii) in paragraph (b), in sub-paragraph (i) the words “other than any council of a district in Wales” and sub-paragraph (ii);
(e) in section 11 (supplemental provisions as to transfers of officers, assets and liabilities), in subsection (2) the words from “or (b)” to “library authority”;
(f) section 21 (expenses of county councils in Wales).
(2) In section 4 of that Act, at the end add—
“(3) In Wales, county councils and county borough councils shall, subject to section 5 below, be library authorities for the purposes of this Act.”
(3) In section 25 of that Act (interpretation), after the definition of “library officer” insert—
““local authority”, in relation to Wales, means a county council or county borough council;”.
(4) In Schedule 2 to that Act (management of funds for purchase of exhibits), in paragraphs 2 and 5 after “county fund” insert (in each place) “council fund”.
25 In section 28 of the Gas Act 1965 (interpretation of Part II), in the definition of “local authority” in subsection (1), omit “and Wales” and after “City of London,” insert “in Wales, the council of a county or county borough,”.
26 (1) In section 1 of the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966 (sea fisheries districts and local fisheries committees), in subsection (1), for “county” substitute “county, county borough” (in both places).
(2) In section 2 of that Act (constitution of local fisheries committee), in subsection (1), for “county” substitute “county, county borough” (in both places).
(3) In section 3 of that Act (application by inhabitants in case of refusal by council), for “county” substitute “county, county borough” (in both places).
(4) In section 19 of that Act (contributions to river authority’s expenses), for “county” substitute “county, county borough”.
27 In section 41(1) of the Local Government Act 1966 (interpretation), in the definition of “local authority”, after “London borough” insert “or county borough”.
28 In section 5 of the Plant Health Act 1967 (execution of Act by local authorities), in subsection (3), at the end add “but, in relation to Wales, shall be the councils of counties and county boroughs”.
29 In the table in Part I of the Schedule to the Private Places of Entertainment (Licensing) Act 1967 (adopting and licensing authorities) at the end add—
| “A Welsh county. | The county council. | The county council. |
| A county borough. | The county borough council. | The county borough council.” |
30 In section 75(2) of the Agriculture Act 1967 (interpretation), in the definition of “local authority”, omit “and Wales” and, immediately before “and, in Scotland”, insert “in Wales, the council of a county or county borough”.
31 In section 8 of the Slaughter of Poultry Act 1967 (interpretation), in the definition of“local authority” in subsection (1), omit “and Wales” and, after “City of London” insert “, as respects Wales, the council of a county or county borough”.
32 In section 18 of the Theatres Act 1968 (interpretation), in subsection (1), in paragraph (b) of the definition of “licensing authority” omit “and Wales” and at the end of that paragraph insert—
“(bb) as respects premises in a county or county borough in Wales, the council of that area;”.
33 In section 108 of the Medicines Act 1968 (enforcement)—
(a) in subsection (8), after “county” insert “or county borough”; and
(b) in subsection (12)(a), after “district” insert “, county borough” (in both places).
34 In section 11(3) of the Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969 (local authorities having functions under Part II of that Act), in paragraph (a), omit “and Wales” and after “Isles of Scilly” insert—
“(aa) in Wales, the council of a county or county borough,”.
35 In section 86(1) of the Post Office Act 1969 (interpretation), in the definition of “local authority”, in paragraph (a) omit “and Wales” and after that paragraph insert—
“(aa) in relation to Wales, means the council of a county or county borough;”.
36 In section 2(2) of the Late Night Refreshment Houses Act 1969 (licensing authorities), after “are” insert “, Welsh county councils and county borough councils”.
37 In section 3 of the Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 (employers exempted from insurance), in subsection (2)(b), for “or Wales” substitute “the council of a county or county borough in Wales,”.
38 (1) In section 38 of the Agriculture Act 1970 (smallholdings authorities), in paragraph (b) omit “and Wales” and after that paragraph insert—
“(bb) the council of every county or county borough in Wales;”.
(2) In section 48 of that Act (acquisition of land for purpose of smallholdings), in subsection (1), after “county” insert “or county borough”.
(3) In section 60 of that Act (cottage holdings), in subsection (1), after “county council” insert “, a county borough council”.
(4) In section 62 of that Act (provisions as to Wales), in subsection (1)(a), after “county” insert “or county borough”.
(5) In section 67 of that Act (enforcement authorities), in subsection (1) omit “and Wales” and after that subsection insert—
“(1A) In Wales it shall be the duty of each county council and each county borough council to enforce this Part of this Act within its area.”.
39 In section 11 of the Poisons Act 1972 (interpretation), in subsection (2) in paragraph (a) of the definition of “local authority” omit “and Wales” and after “City of London,” insert—
“(aa) in relation to Wales, the council of a county or county borough,”.
40 (1) In section 8 of the Land Compensation Act 1973 (restrictions on compensation), in subsection (4), after “London borough” insert “or Welsh county or county borough”.
(2) In section 19 of that Act (interpretation of Part I), in the definition of “the appropriate highway authority” in subsection (1)—
(a) in paragraph (a), after “1985” insert “or the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994”; and
(b) in paragraph (b), after “that Act” insert “either of those Acts”.
(3) In section 52 of that Act (right to advance payment of compensation), in subsection (8), after “London borough” insert “or Welsh county or county borough”.
41 In section 13 of the Employment Agencies Act 1973 (interpretation), in subsection (1), in the definition of “local authority”, omit “and Wales” and after “London borough council” insert “and in relation to Wales, means a county council or a county borough council,”.
42 In section 5(2) of the Breeding of Dogs Act 1973 (interpretation), in the definition of “local authority”, omit “and Wales”, and after “City of London” insert “and in Wales the council of a county or county borough”.
43 (1) In section 27 of the Slaughterhouses Act 1974 (local authorities for purposes of licensing slaughterhouses), omit “and” immediately before paragraph (c) and, in that paragraph, after first “district” insert “in England” and after second “district” add— “and
(d) as respects any county or county borough in Wales, the council of the county or county borough.”
(2) In section 34 of that Act (interpretation of Part I), in the definition of “district”, at the end add— “and, in relation to—
(a) a local authority who are the council of a Welsh county or county borough, and
(b) the officers of such an authority,
means that county or county borough;”.
(3) In section 45 of that Act (interpretation of Part II)—
(a) after the definition of “contravention” insert—
““district”, in relation to a local authority who are the council of a Welsh county or county borough, means that county or county borough;”; and
(b) in the definition of “local authority”, after first “council” insert “of a Welsh county or county borough or”.
44 In section 34(1) of the Local Government Act 1974 (interpretation), in the definition of “local authority”, after “Broads Authority” insert “a Welsh county council, a county borough council”.
45 In section 189(1) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (interpretation), in the definition of “local authority” omit “and Wales” and after “Scilly,” insert “in relation to Wales means a county council or a county borough council,”.
46 In section 7 of the Guard Dogs Act 1975 (interpretation), in the definition of “local authority” omit “and Wales”, and after “City of London,” insert “in relation to Wales, a county council or county borough council,”.
47 (1) In the following provisions of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975, after “where the local authority is in” insert (in each place) “Wales,”—
(a) section 3(3) (applications for certificates);
(b) in section 4 (amendment etc of certificates), subsections (7) and (8);
(c) section 5(5)(d) (interested parties for purposes of appeals);
(d) section 10(8)(b) (copies of prohibition notices);
(e) section 10A(7)(d) (appeals against orders relating to prohibition notices); and
(f) section 11(c) (powers of entry and inspection).
(2) In section 17(1) of that Act (interpretation)—
(a) in the definition of “building authority”, in paragraph (a) omit “or in Wales,”; and
(b) in the definition of “local authority”, in paragraph (c) omit “or in Wales,” and, after that paragraph insert—
“(cc) in Wales, the county council or county borough council;”.
48 In section 16 of the Welsh Development Agency Act 1975 (derelict land), in paragraph (a) of the definition of “local authority” in subsection (9), for “district” substitute “county borough”.
49 In section 3(1) of the Local Land Charges Act 1975 (registering authorities), after paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa) a Welsh county council;
(ab) a county borough council;”.
50 (1) In section 23(1) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (interpretation), in paragraph (b) of the definition of “local authority”, for “district” substitute “county borough”.
(2) In Schedule 1 to that Act (registration of societies), in paragraph 1(2)(b), for “district” substitute “county council or county borough”.
(3) In paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 3 to that Act (permits for commercial provision of amusements with prizes: interpretation), in paragraph (b) of the definition of “local authority”, for “district” substitute “county council or county borough”.
51 In section 7 of the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 (interpretation), in subsection (4), in the definition of “local authority”, omit “and Wales” and after “City of London,” insert “in relation to Wales, a county council or county borough council,”.
52 In section 19A of the Race Relations Act 1976 (discrimination by planning authorities), in subsection (2)(a), after “county,” insert “county borough,”.
53 (1) In section 1 of the Development of Rural Wales Act 1976 (establishment and general function of Development Board for Rural Wales)—
(a) in subsection (2), for “the county of Powys and the districts of Ceredigion and Meirionnydd” substitute “the area for which it was so responsible immediately before 1st April 1996”; and
(b) in subsection (4), in paragraphs (a) and (b), for “and of each district” substitute “or county borough”.
(2) In section 34 of that Act (interpretation), in the definition of “local authority” in subsection (1), for “of a district” substitute “or county borough”.
(3) In paragraph 3(3)(a) of Schedule 1 to that Act (constitution etc of the Development Board for Rural Wales), for “and of each district” substitute “or county borough”.
(4) In Schedule 3 to that Act (the new towns code)—
(a) omit paragraph 1(6); and
(b) in paragraph 38(2)—
(i) in sub-paragraph (i), for “district planning authority in whose area the land is situated” substitute “local planning authority”; and
(ii) in sub-paragraph (ii), at the end add “if they are not the local planning authority”.
Local Government (Wales) Act 1994