{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-act-1875/section-164",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-act-1875/section-164.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/38-39/55",
  "legislation_title": "Public Health Act 1875",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-act-1875",
  "path": "section/164",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "164",
  "heading": "Local authority may provide places of public recreation.",
  "text": "Any local authority may purchase or take on lease lay out plant improve and maintain lands for the purpose of being used as public walks or pleasure grounds, and may support or contribute to the support of public walks or pleasure grounds provided by any person whomsoever.\nAny local authority may make byelaws for the regulation of any such public walk or pleasure ground, and may by such byelaws provide for the removal from such public walk or pleasure ground of any person infringing any such byelaw by any officer of the local authority or constable.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 14 para. 27"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 164 extended by Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1890 (c. 59), s. 45; excluded by Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41), s. 7(7); and amended by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 14 para. 27"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 164: function of confirming byelaws or regulations made under this section now exercisable by Secretary of State by virtue of S.R. & O. 1946/1757 (Rev. XV, p. 112: 1946 I, p. 1012), art. 3(1), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 164: certain functions transferred by S.I. 1986/413, art. 13(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 164: functions made exercisable concurrently (1.2.2005) by Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1777), arts. 2, 25(1), 25(2)(i) (with art. 35)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 164: functions made exercisable concurrently (1.2.2005) by Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1778), arts. 2, 25(1), 25(2)(i) (with art. 35)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/38-39/55/section/164",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:48:19.800434+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."
}