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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Local Government Act 1888 (c.41)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

There are effects on this legislation that have not yet been applied to SLD for the following years: 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007. See the Tables of Legislative effects and the Update status of legislation page on the SLD website.

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Local Government Act 1888

1888 CHAPTER 41 51_and_52_Vict

Contents

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  1. Part I

    County Councils

    1. 1, 2... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 3.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. 4.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 5.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    5. 6.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    6. 7.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    7. 8.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    8. 9.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    9. 10.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    10. 11.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    11. 12, 13... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    12. 14.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    13. 15.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    14. 16.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    15. 17, 18... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    16. 19.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    17. Financial Relations between Exchequer and County, and Contributions by County for Costs of Union Officers

      1. 20. Payment to county council of proceeds of duties on local taxation licences

      2. 21–27.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    18. General Provisions as to Transfer

      1. 28. General provisions as to powers transferred to county council

      2. 29.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 30.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  2. Part II

    Application of Act to Boroughs, the Metropolis, and certain Special Counties

    1. 31–39.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. Application of Act to Metropolis

      1. 40.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 41.

      3. 42. Arrangements for paid chairman and sitting of quarter sessions for London

      4. 43.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      5. 44.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      6. 45.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      7. 46.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      8. 47.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      9. 48.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      10. 49.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  3. Part III

    Boundaries

    1. 50–53.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 54.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. 55, 56... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 57.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    5. 58.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    6. 59.

    7. 60–62.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    8. 63.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  4. Part IV

    Finance

    1. Property Funds and Costs of County Council

      1. 64.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 65.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 66.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      4. 67.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      5. 68.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      6. 69. Borrowing by county council

      7. 70.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      8. 71.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      9. 72.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      10. 73.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      11. 74.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  5. Part V

    Supplemental

    1. Application of Acts

      1. 75.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 76, 77... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 78. Construction of Acts referring to business transferred

    2. Proceedings of Councils and Committees

      1. 79. Incorporation of county council

      2. 80.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 81. Appointment of joint committees

      4. 82.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      5. 83.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      6. 84.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. Regulations for Bicycles, &c

      1. 85. Regulations for bicycles, &c

    4. Adaptation of Acts

      1. 86.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 87. Application of provisions of 38 & 39 Vict. c. 55 as to local inquiries and provisional orders

      3. 88.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      4. 89.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      5. 90.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      6. 91.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    5. Savings

      1. 92.

      2. 93.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 94.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      4. 95. Saving as to Middlesex, Surrey, and Kent

      5. 96.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      6. 97.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      7. 98. Saving for powers of Commissioners of Inland Revenue and Customs

    6. Definitions

      1. 99.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 100. Interpretation of certain terms in the Act

      3. 101. Extent of Act

      4. 102. Short title

  6. Part VI

    Transitory Provisions

    1. 103–108.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 109.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. 110–114.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 115.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    5. 116.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    6. 117.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    7. 118–120.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    8. 121.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    9. Savings

      1. 122.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 123. Saving for existing bye-laws

      3. 124.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      4. 125, 126... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  7. FIRST SCHEDULE

    Local Taxation Licences

  8. SECOND SCHEDULE

  9. THIRD SCHEDULE

An Act to amend the Laws relating to Local Government in England and Wales, and for other purposes connected therewith.

[13th August 1888]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Act amended by Local Government Act 1894 c. 73 (56 & 57 Vict.)

C2Act amended with the substitution for any reference to a specified officer of a local authority as a reference to the proper officer of a local authority by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 29 Pt. I para. 4 subject as in that paragraph mentioned

C3Councils 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

C4Functions of Local Government Board under this Act now exercisable by Secretary of State: Ministry of Health Act 1919 (c. 21), s. 3(1)(a), S.I. 1951/142, 1900 (1951 I, pp. 1348, 1347), S.I. 1965/319 and 1970/1681

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

C5Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

C6Certain words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)

Commencement Information

I1Act in force at Royal Assent but subject to s. 109 (now repealed)

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