Local Government Act

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Local Government Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Ireland and the United Kingdom, relating to local government.

The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Local Government Bill during its passage through Parliament.

Local Government Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to local government.

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Australia[]

New South Wales[]

Queensland[]

South Australia[]

Tasmania[]

Victoria[]

See also: Local government in Victoria
  • No. 506. The first so-called.
  • No. 1112.
  • No. 1893.
  • No. 2686.
  • No. 3720
  • No. 5203.
  • No. 6299.
  • Local Government Act 1989 No. 11 of 1989. The current legislation

Many other acts entitled "Local Government Act" have been passed—as well as even more of the form "Local Government (Specific Matter) Act"—but these are the major ones which define the terms in which the others operate or alter. All but the last have had the long titles "An act to consolidate the Law(s) relating to Local Government". Additional acts concerning local government in the early days of the colony did not have short titles.

Western Australia[]

Canada[]

British Columbia[]

  • Local Government Act

Malaysia[]

New Zealand[]

Ireland[]

United Kingdom[]

Parliament of the United Kingdom[]

The following list of Acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom only includes Public General Acts, and so does not include any of the numerous "Provisional Order Confirmation Acts"

Act Summary
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Note that this short title is only used in Ireland
The Local Government Act 1858 Replaced Public Health Act 1848
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The Local Government (Boundaries) Act 1887
The Local Government Act 1888 Created county councils and county boroughs in England and Wales
The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 Created county councils in Scotland
The Local Government Act 1894 Created rural and urban districts in England and Wales
The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1894 Created Local Government Board and parish councils in Scotland
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The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 Created county councils, rural and urban districts in Ireland
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The Local Government (County Boroughs and Adjustments) Act 1926 Amended the rules for the creation of county boroughs
The Local Government Act 1929 Provision for county review orders to amend districts; poor law boards abolished in England and Wales
The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 Created large and small burghs and district councils; poor law reformed in Scotland
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The Local Government Act 1933 Consolidated earlier legislation in England and Wales
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The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947
The Local Government Act 1948
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The Local Government Act 1958 Initiated reviews of large urbanised areas, made provision for rural boroughs
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The Local Government Act 1972 Created metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties in England and Wales
The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
The Local Government Act 1974
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The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976
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The Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980
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The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982
The Local authorities going above spending limits could have general grants removed
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The The freedom of information law for local government. It provided greater public access to meetings, reports and documents, subject to its confidentiality provisions.
The Local Government Act 1985 Abolished the Greater London Council and the county councils of the metropolitan counties
The Local Government Act 1986
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The Local Government Act 1988 Introduced the controversial Section 28
The introduced the principle of 'politically restricted posts' and restricting the political activities of local authority employees.
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The Local Government Act 1992 Made provision for the creation of unitary districts in England
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The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 Created current unitary structure in Wales
The Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 Created current unitary structure in Scotland
The Local Government (Gaelic Names) (Scotland) Act 1997
The Local Government and Rating Act 1997
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The Requirement for most authorities in England and Wales to achieve 'best value'
The Local Government Act 2000 Introduced directly elected mayors and replaced the traditional committee system of decision-making with the executive model and introduced scrutiny to local government.
The Reforms council finance arrangements including borrowing in England and Wales
The Local Government Act 2003
The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007
The Local Government Act 2010

Parliament of Northern Ireland[]

Northern Ireland Assembly[]

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Scottish Parliament[]

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