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Local Government Act 1929

19 & 20 Geo. 5 c. 17 · Enacted 27 March 1929 · Extends to England and Wales

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An Act to amend the law relating to the administration of poor relief, registration of births, deaths, and marriages, highways, town planning and local government; to extend the application of the Rating and Valuation (Apportionment) Act, 1928, to hereditaments in which no persons are employed; to grant complete or partial relief from rates in the case of the hereditaments to which that Act applies; to discontinue certain grants from the Exchequer and provide other grants in lieu thereof; and for purposes consequential on the matters aforesaid.

[27th March 1929]C1C2C3C4I1C5

Annotations to the whole text

Modifications

C1

Act extended by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 250(6)

C2

Functions of Minister of Health under this Act now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.I. 1951/142, 1900 (1951 I, pp. 1348, 1347), 1965/319 and 1970/1681

C3

Councils of administrative counties, boroughs (except those in rural districts), urban districts, rural districts and urban parishes outside Greater London and Isles of Scilly together with municipal corporations of boroughs outside Greater London now abolished and councils of metropolitan counties, non-metropolitan counties and districts constituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), ss. 1, 2, Sch. 1

C4

Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

C5

Act: transfer of functions (W.) (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

Commencement

I1

Act wholly in force at Royal Assent

Contents

  1. Part I: Poor Law
  2. 1—14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  3. 15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  4. 16, 17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  5. 18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  6. 19, 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  7. Part II: Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages
  8. 21—25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  9. 26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  10. 27, 28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  11. Part III: Roads and Town Planning
  12. 29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  13. 30, 31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  14. 32—39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  15. 40—45. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  16. Part IV: Miscellaneous Local Government Provisions
  17. 46. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  18. 47. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  19. 48. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  20. 49. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  21. 50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  22. Miscellaneous
  23. 51. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  24. 52—56. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  25. 57Relations between county councils and district councils in respect of public health functions.
  26. 58. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  27. 59. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  28. 60, 61. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  29. 62. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  30. 63. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  31. 64. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  32. 65, 66. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  33. Part V: Rating and Valuation
  34. 67. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  35. 68, 69. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  36. 70. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  37. 71. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  38. Consequential Provisions
  39. 72. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  40. 73. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  41. 74. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  42. 75. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  43. 76. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  44. 77Adaptation of enactments relating to water rates.
  45. 78. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  46. 79. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  47. 80. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  48. 81. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  49. 82. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  50. 83General adaptation of enactments and other documents.
  51. 84. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  52. Part VI: Exchequer Grants and other Financial Provisions
  53. Discontinued Grants
  54. 85. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  55. 86—92. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  56. 93. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  57. 94—100. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  58. 101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  59. 102. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  60. 103, 104. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  61. General
  62. 105Application of Exchequer Grants, &c.
  63. 106—112. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  64. Part VII: Property Liabilities and Officers
  65. Transfer of Property and Liabilities
  66. 113. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  67. 114. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  68. 115Parish property.
  69. 116. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  70. 117†Transfer of road property and liabilities.
  71. 118. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  72. 119, 120. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  73. 121—126. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  74. Part VIII: General
  75. 127Section 127
  76. 129Provisions as to inquiries.
  77. 130. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  78. 131Provisions as to orders, schemes and regulations.
  79. 132Transitory and temporary provisions and adaptation of enactments.
  80. 133. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  81. 134Definitions.
  82. 135. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  83. 136. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  84. 137. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  85. 138Short title and extent.
  86. Schedule FIRST. . .
  87. Schedule SECOND: Discontinued Grants
  88. 1Paragraph 1
  89. 2Paragraph 2
  90. 3Paragraph 3
  91. Schedule THIRD. . .
  92. Schedule FOURTH AND FIFTH SCHEDULES. . .
  93. Schedule SIXTH. . .
  94. Schedule SEVENTH. . .
  95. Schedule EIGHTH. . .
  96. Schedule NINTH
  97. Part I: Transitional Provisions
  98. Transfer of Property
  99. 1Paragraph 1
  100. 2—4Paragraph 2—4 Repealed
  101. Provisions when liability for loan is transferred to the council who made the loan
  102. 5Paragraph 5
  103. Provisions as to Loans of Rural District Councils for special Expenses
  104. 6Paragraph 6
  105. Saving for Pending Contracts, Legal Proceedings, &c.
  106. 7Paragraph 7
  107. 8Paragraph 8 Repealed
  108. Part II
  109. 1—6Paragraph 1—6 Repealed
  110. Schedule TENTH: Adaptation of Enactments
  111. General Adaptations
  112. 1Paragraph 1
  113. 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
  114. 3Paragraph 3
  115. 4Paragraph 4
  116. Special Adaptations
  117. 5Paragraph 5 Repealed
  118. 6, 7Paragraph 6, 7 Repealed
  119. 8, 9Paragraph 8, 9 Repealed
  120. 10Paragraph 10 Repealed
  121. 11Paragraph 11 Repealed
  122. 12, 13Paragraph 12, 13 Repealed
  123. 14Paragraph 14 Repealed
  124. 15Paragraph 15 Repealed
  125. 16Paragraph 16
  126. 17Paragraph 17 Repealed
  127. 18Paragraph 18 Repealed
  128. 19Paragraph 19 Repealed
  129. 20Paragraph 20 Repealed
  130. 21Paragraph 21 Repealed
  131. 22Paragraph 22 Repealed
  132. Special adaptations applying to the County of London
  133. 23Paragraph 23
  134. 24Paragraph 24 Repealed
  135. 25Paragraph 25 Repealed
  136. 26Paragraph 26 Repealed
  137. Schedule ELEVENTH. . .
  138. Schedule TWELFTH. . .