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War Memorials (Local Authorities’ Powers) Act 1923 1923 c.18 An Act to enable local authorities under certain circumstances to maintain, repair and protect war memorials vested in them. [18th July 1923]
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War Memorials (Local Authorities’ Powers) Act 1923
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1 Expenditure in maintenance, &c., of war memorials.
A local authority may incur reasonable expenditure in the maintenance, repair and protection of any war memorial within their district whether vested in them or not.
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The provisions of this Act shall not apply to a war memorial provided or maintained by a local authority in the exercise of any other statutory power.
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In this Act the expression “local authority” means the council of a county, . . . borough . . . district or parish, and the parish meeting of a rural parish with no parish council.
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This Act may be cited as the War Memorials (Local Authorities’ Powers) Act, 1923.
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