{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1894/section-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1894/section-26.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/56-57/73",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1894",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1894",
  "path": "section/26",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "†Duties and powers of district council as to rights of way, rights of common, and roadside wastes.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(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; ...\n(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.\n4)—(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 26(1)(4)–(6) repealed by Highways Act 1959 (c. 25), s. 312(2), Sch. 25 and London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), s. 16(2), Sch. 6 para. 70"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 26(2) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 10 Group 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 26(7) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 10 Group 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Functions of Board of Agriculture under s. 26(2) now exercisable by Secretary of State: Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1903 (c. 31), s. 1(1), Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1919 (c. 91), s. 1 and S.I. 1955/554 (1955 I, p. 1200), 1965/143, 319, 1967/156, 1970/1681"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Unreliable margin note"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/56-57/73/section/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:30:08.422244+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}