Local Government Act 1894

6 Transfer of certain powers of vestry and other authorities to parish council. E+W

(1) Upon the parish council of a rural parish coming into office, there shall be transferred to that council:—

(a) The powers, duties, and liabilities of the vestry of the parish except—

(i) so far as relates to the affairs of the church or to ecclesiastical charities; and

(ii) any power, duty, or liability transferred by this Act from the vestry to any other authority:

(b) The powers, duties, and liabilities of the churchwardens of the parish, except so far as they relate to the affairs of the church or to charities, or are powers and duties of overseers . . . F1

(c) The powers, duties, and liabilities of the overseers or of the churchwardens and overseers of the parish with respect to—

(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

(ii) The provision of parish books . . . F3 or matters relating thereto; and

(iii) The holding or management of parish property, not being property relating to affairs of the church or held for an ecclesiastical charity, and the holding or management of village greens, or of allotments, whether for recreation grounds or for gardens or otherwise for the benefit of the inhabitants or any of them;

(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

(3)(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6

Textual Amendments

F1 Words repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

F2 S. 6(1)(c)(i) repealed by Rating and Valuation Act 1925 (c. 90), Sch. 8

F3 Words repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV and Fire Brigades Act 1938 (c. 72), Sch. 3 Pt. I

F4 S. 6(1)(d) repealed by Local Government Act 1929 (c. 17), Sch. 12 Pt. VII

F5 S. 6(2) repealed by Housing Act 1925 (c. 14), Sch. 6

F6 S. 6(3)(4) repealed by Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908 (c. 36), Sch. 3

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Functions of churchwardens and overseers now generally exercisable in City of London by Common Council and elsewhere by rating authorities: City of London (Union of Parishes) Act 1907 (c. xl), s. 11, London Government Act 1899 (c. 14), s. 11(1), Rating and Valuation Act 1925 (c. 90), s. 62(1), S.R. & O. 1927/55 (Rev. XIX, p. 599: 1927, p. 964), London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), s. 63(1) and General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9), s. 1(1)