Local Government Act

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There are many acts of Parliament in various jurisdictions called the Local Government Act. While similar laws exist in many countries, the particular name is typical for the United Kingdom and former British colonies.

Contents 1 Parliament of the United Kingdom 2 Parliament of Northern Ireland 3 Scottish Parliament 4 Oireachtas (Parliament of Ireland) 5 Australia 5.1 New South Wales 5.2 Queensland 5.3 South Australia 5.4 Tasmania 5.5 Victoria 5.6 Western Australia 6 New Zealand

[edit] Parliament of the United Kingdom

Act	Summary
Local Government Act 1858	Replaced Public Health Act 1848
Local Government Act 1888	Created county councils and county boroughs in England and Wales
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889	Created county councils in Scotland
Local Government Act 1894	Created rural and urban districts in England and Wales
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1894	Created Local Government Board and parish councils in Scotland
Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898	Created county councils, rural and urban districts in Ireland
Local Government (Ireland) Act 1900
Local Government (Ireland) (No. 2) Act 1900
Local Government (County Boroughs and Adjustments) Act 1926	Amended the rules for the creation of county boroughs
Local Government Act 1929	Provision for county review orders to amend districts; poor law boards abolished in England and Wales
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929	Created large and small burghs and district councils; poor law reformed in Scotland
Local Government Act 1933	Consolidated earlier legislation in England and Wales
Local Government (Boundary Commission) Act 1945
Local Government Boundary Commission (Dissolution) Act 1949
Local Government Act 1958	Initiated reviews of large urbanised areas, made provision for rural boroughs
Local Government Act 1966
Local Government (Termination of Reviews) Act 1967	Ended reviews started by the 1958 Act
Local Government Act 1972	Created metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties in England and Wales
Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980
Local Government Finance Act 1982	Local authorities going above spending limits could have general grants removed
Local Government Act 1985	Abolished the Greater London Council and the county councils of the metropolitan counties
Local Government Finance Act 1987
Local Government Act 1988	Introduced the controversial Section 28
Local Government Act 1992	Made provision for the creation of unitary districts in England
Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994	Created current unitary structure in Scotland
Local Government (Wales) Act 1994	Created current unitary structure in Wales
Local Government and Rating Act 1997
Local Government Act 1998
Local Government Act 1999 (United Kingdom)	Requirement for most authorities in England and Wales to achieve 'best value'
Local Government Act 2000	Introduction of directly-elected mayors
Local Government Act 2002	Reforms council finance arrangements including borrowing in England and Wales

[edit] Parliament of Northern Ireland

• Local Government (Emergency Powers) Act (Northern Ireland) 1921
• Local Government (Northern Ireland) Act 1922
• Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1969
• Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972

[edit] Scottish Parliament

• Scottish Local Government (Elections) Act 2002
• Local Government in Scotland Act 2003
• Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004

[edit] Oireachtas (Parliament of Ireland)

• Local Government Act 1925
• Local Government Act 1927
• Local Government Act 1931
• Local Government Act 1933
• Local Government Act 1936
• Local Government Act 1941
• Local Government Act 1955
• Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985
• Local Government Act 1991
• Local Government Act 1994
• Local Government Act 1998
• Local Government Act 2001

[edit] Australia

[edit] New South Wales

• Local Government Act 1993 (New South Wales)[[1]]

[edit] Queensland

• Local Government Act 1993 (Queensland)

[edit] South Australia

• Local Government Act 1999 (South Australia) [2]

[edit] Tasmania

• Local Government Act 1993 (Tasmania)

[edit] Victoria

• Local Government Act 1989

[edit] Western Australia

• Local Government Act 1995

[edit] New Zealand

• Local Government Act 1974 (New Zealand)
• Local Government Act 2002 (New Zealand)
• Local Government (Rating) Act 2002
• Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
• (and others starting with the same two words)