Local Government Act 1894

Title and introductory text

Local Government Act 1894 1894 c.73 An Act to make further provision for Local Government in England and Wales. [5th March 1894]

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5 †Parish council to appoint overseers.

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) references in any Act to the churchwardens and overseers shall, as respects any rural parish, except so far as those references relate to the affairs of the church, be construed as references to the overseers, (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 Transfer of certain powers of vestry and other authorities to parish council.

(1) Upon the parish council of a rural parish coming into office, there shall be transferred to that council:— (a) The powers, duties, and liabilities of the vestry of the parish except— (i) so far as relates to the affairs of the church or to ecclesiastical charities; and (ii) any power, duty, or liability transferred by this Act from the vestry to any other authority: (b) The powers, duties, and liabilities of the churchwardens of the parish, except so far as they relate to the affairs of the church or to charities, or are powers and duties of overseers . . . (c) The powers, duties, and liabilities of the overseers or of the churchwardens and overseers of the parish with respect to— (i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (ii) The provision of parish books . . . or matters relating thereto; and (iii) The holding or management of parish property, not being property relating to affairs of the church or held for an ecclesiastical charity, and the holding or management of village greens, or of allotments, whether for recreation grounds or for gardens or otherwise for the benefit of the inhabitants or any of them; (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3)(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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8 Additional powers of parish council.

(1) A parish council shall have the following additional powers, namely, power— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (d) . . . sections one hundred and eighty-three to one hundred and eighty-six of the Public Health Act, 1875, shall apply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . as if the parish council were a local authority within the meaning of those sections; and (e)(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (g) to acquire by agreement any right of way, whether within their parish or an adjoining parish, the acquisition of which is beneficial to the inhabitants of the parish or any part thereof; and (h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (i) to execute any works (including works of maintenance or improvement) incidental to or consequential on the exercise of any of the foregoing powers, or in relation to any parish property, not being property relating to affairs of the church or held for an ecclesiastical charity; and (k) to contribute towards the expense of doing any of the things above mentioned, or to agree or combine with any other parish council to do or contribute towards the expense of doing any of the things above mentioned. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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19 Provisions as to small parishes.

In a rural parish not having a separate parish council, the following provisions shall, . . . subject to provisions made by a grouping order, if the parish is grouped with some other parish or parishes, have effect:— (1)—(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) All powers, duties, and liabilities of the vestry shall, except so far as they relate to the affairs of the Church or to ecclesiastical charities, or are transferred by this Act to any other authority, be transferred to the parish meeting; (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6)(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (9)—(11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

19A Powers under other enactments

(1) Nothing in this Part affects any powers, duties or liabilities conferred on a parish council by or under any other enactment (whenever passed or made). (2) This section does not apply in relation to community councils (see section 179(4) of the Local Government Act 1972).

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21 Names of county districts and district councils.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,— (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) In this and every other Act of Parliament, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression “district council” shall include the council of every urban district, whether a borough or not, and of every rural district, and the expression “county district” shall include every urban and rural district whether a borough or not.

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25 †Powers of district council with respect to sanitary and highway matters.

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26 †Duties and powers of district council as to rights of way, rights of common, and roadside wastes.

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) A district council may with the consent of the county council for the county within which any common land is situate aid persons in maintaining rights of common where, in the opinion of the council, the extinction of such rights would be prejudicial to the inhabitants of the district; ... (3) A district council may, for the purpose of carrying into effect this section, institute or defend any legal proceedings, and generally take such steps as they deem expedient. (4)—(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

27 Transfer of certain powers of justices to district councils.

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the powers, duties, and liabilities of justices out of session in relation to any of the matters following, that is to say,— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (e) the abolition of fairs and alteration of days for holding fairs; (f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . when arising within a county district, shall be transferred to the district council of the district. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) All fees payable in respect of the powers, duties, and liabilities transferred by this section shall be payable to the district council.

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52 †Supplemental provisions as to transfer of powers.

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) All enactments in any Act, whether general or local and personal, relating to any powers, duties, or liabilities transferred by this Act to a parish council or parish meeting from justices or the vestry or overseers or church wardens and overseers shall, subject to the provisions of this Act and so far as circumstances admit, be construed as if any reference therein to justices or to the vestry, or to the overseers, or to the churchwardens and overseers, referred to the parish council or parish meeting as the case requires, and the said enactments shall be construed with such modifications as may be necessary for carrying this Act into effect.

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