Title and introductory text
Local Government Act 1888 1888 c.41 An Act to amend the Laws relating to Local Government in England and Wales, and for other purposes connected therewith. [13th August 1888]
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Local Government Act 1888
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Contents: 94 provisions
- Title and introductory text
- 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 20 Payment to county council of proceeds of duties on local taxation licences.
- 21–27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 28 General provisions as to powers transferred to county council.
- 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 31–39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 41
- 42 Arrangements for paid chairman and sitting of quarter sessions for London.
- 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 50–53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 59
- 60–62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 69 Borrowing by county council.
- 70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 78 Construction of Acts referring to business transferred.
- 79 Incorporation of county council.
- 80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 81 Appointment of joint committees.
- 82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 85 Regulations for bicycles, &c.
- 86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 87 Application of provisions of 38 & 39 Vict. c. 55 as to local inquiries and provisional orders.
- 88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 92
- 93 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 95 Saving as to Middlesex, Surrey, and Kent.
- 96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 98 Saving for powers of Commissioners of Inland Revenue and Customs.
- 99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 100 Interpretation of certain terms in the Act.
- 101 Extent of Act.
- 102 Short title.
- 103–108 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 109 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 110–114 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 115 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 116 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 117 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 118–120 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 121 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 122 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 123 Saving for existing bye-laws.
- 124 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 125 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- FIRST SCHEDULE Local Taxation Licences
- SECOND SCHEDULE
- THIRD SCHEDULE
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(1)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) It shall be lawful for Her Majesty the Queen from time to time by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Treasury to transfer to county councils as from the date specified in the Order the power to levy the duties on all or any of the local taxation licences, and after such date every county council and their officers shall (subject nevertheless to any exceptions and modifications contained in the Order) have within their county, for the purpose of levying the duties transferred, the same powers, duties, and liabilities as the Commissioners of Inland Revenue and their officers have with respect to the duties transferred, and to the issue and cancellation of licences on which the duties are imposed, and other matters under the Acts relating to those duties and licences, and all enactments relating to those duties and licences, and to punishments and penalties connected therewith, shall apply accordingly. (4) Provided as follows:— (i) All penalties and forfeitures recovered by a county council in pursuance of this section shall, instead of being paid to the Exchequer, be paid to the county fund, and carried to the same account as the duties. (ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (iii) Nothing in this section shall confer on the county council any special privileges of the Crown as respects legal proceedings. (5) On a transfer under this section of the power to levy the duties on any licence— (a) the county council shall provide for issuing, in different parts of their county, their licence for the same purpose, so as to enable persons to obtain it near their residences; and (b) if such licence has operation in any place in the United Kingdom outside the county in which it is issued, the licence of a county council for the same purpose shall continue to have the like operation outside the county in such place.
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(1) The county council shall, as respects the business by this Act transferred to them from quarter sessions or the justices out of sessions, be subject to the provisions and limitations in this Act specified, but, save as aforesaid, shall have and be subject to all the powers, duties, and liabilities, which the quarter sessions, or any committee thereof, or any justice or justices had or were subject to in respect of the business so transferred. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the county council may also, without prejudice to any other power whether to appoint committees or otherwise, delegate to the justices of the peace acting in a local justice area consisting of or including the whole or part of the county any power or duty transferred by this Act to the county council in respect of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the execution as local authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of the Act relating to contagious diseases of animals. (3) Provided that the county council shall not under this section delegate any power of raising money by rate or loan.
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