{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1894/section-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1894/section-27.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/56-57/73",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1894",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1894",
  "path": "section/27",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Transfer of certain powers of justices to district councils.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the powers, duties, and liabilities of justices out of session in relation to any of the matters following, that is to say,—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(e) the abolition of fairs and alteration of days for holding fairs;\n(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nwhen arising within a county district, shall be transferred to the district council of the district.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) All fees payable in respect of the powers, duties, and liabilities transferred by this section shall be payable to the district council.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 27(1)(a) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 27(1)(b) repealed by Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39), s. 192(4), Sch. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 27(1)(c) repealed (1.8.2007) by Regulatory Reform (Game) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2007), art. 1(1), Sch. para. 1(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Ss. 27(1)(d)(f), 28, 29 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 27(2) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/56-57/73/section/27",
    "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."
}