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
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 earlier 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

[edit] Scottish Parliament

[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)[[1]]

[edit] Queensland

  • Local Government Act 1993 (Queensland)

[edit] South Australia

  • Local Government Act 1999 (South Australia) [2]

[edit] Tasmania

  • Local Government Act 1993 (Tasmania)

[edit] Victoria

  • Local Government Act 1989

[edit] Western Australia

[edit] New Zealand