Local Government Act
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There are many acts of Parliament in various jurisdications called the 'Local Government Act'.
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[edit] Parliament of the United Kingdom
Act | Summary |
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Local Government Act 1858 | Replaced Public Health Act 1848 |
Local Government Act 1888 | Created county councils and county boroughs in England and Wales |
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 | Created county councils in Scotland |
Local Government Act 1894 | Created rural and urban districts in England and Wales |
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1894 | Created Local Government Board and parish councils in Scotland |
Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 | Created county councils, rural and urban districts in Ireland |
Local Government (Ireland) Act 1900 | |
Local Government (Ireland) (No. 2) Act 1900 | |
Local Government (County Boroughs and Adjustments) Act 1926 | Amended the rules for the creation of county boroughs |
Local Government Act 1929 | Provision for county review orders to amend districts; poor law boards abolished in England and Wales |
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 | Created large and small burghs and district councils; poor law reformed in Scotland |
Local Government Act 1933 | Consolidated earler legislation in England and Wales |
Local Government (Boundary Commission) Act 1945 | |
Local Government Boundary Commission (Dissolution) Act 1949 | |
Local Government Act 1958 | Initiated reviews of large urbanised areas, made provision for rural boroughs |
Local Government Act 1966 | |
Local Government (Termination of Reviews) Act 1967 | Ended reviews started by the 1958 Act |
Local Government Act 1972 | Created metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties in England and Wales |
Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 | |
Local Government Finance Act 1982 | Local authorities going above spending limits could have general grants removed |
Local Government Act 1985 | Abolished the Greater London Council and the county councils of the metropolitan counties |
Local Government Finance Act 1987 | |
Local Government Act 1988 | Introduced the controversial Section 28 |
Local Government Act 1992 | Made provision for the creation of unitary districts in England |
Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 | Created current unitary structure in Scotland |
Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 | Created current unitary structure in Wales |
Local Government and Rating Act 1997 | |
Local Government Act 1998 | |
Local Government Act 1999 (United Kingdom) | Requirement for most authorities in England and Wales to achieve 'best value' |
Local Government Act 2000 | Introduction of directly-elected mayors |
Local Government Act 2002 | Reforms council finance arrangements including borrowing in England and Wales |
[edit] Parliament of Northern Ireland
- Local Government (Emergency Powers) Act (Northern Ireland) 1921
- Local Government (Northern Ireland) Act 1922
- Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1969
- Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972
[edit] Scottish Parliament
- Scottish Local Government (Elections) Act 2002
- Local Government in Scotland Act 2003
- Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004
[edit] Oireachtas (Parliament of Ireland)
- Local Government Act 1925
- Local Government Act 1927
- Local Government Act 1931
- Local Government Act 1933
- Local Government Act 1936
- Local Government Act 1941
- Local Government Act 1955
- Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985
- Local Government Act 1991
- Local Government Act 1994
- Local Government Act 1998
- Local Government Act 2001
[edit] Australia
[edit] New South Wales
- Local Government Act 1993 (New South Wales)
[edit] Queensland
- Local Government Act 1993 (Queensland)
[edit] South Australia
- Local Government Act 1999 (South Australia) [1]
[edit] Tasmania
- Local Government Act 1993 (Tasmania)
[edit] Victoria
- Local Government Act 1989
[edit] Western Australia
[edit] New Zealand
- Local Government Act 1974 (New Zealand)
- Local Government Act 2002 (New Zealand)
- Local Government (Rating) Act 2002
- Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987