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Local Government Act 1966

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This is the original version (as it was originally enacted).

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I Grants

    1. Rate support grants for local authorities.

      1. 1.Rate support grants.

      2. 2.Rate support grant orders.

      3. 3.Variation of orders etc.

      4. 4.Reduction of grants in case of default.

      5. 5.Supplemental.

      6. 6.Reduction of rates on dwellings by reference to the domestic element.

    2. Specific grants.

      1. 7.Grants for development and redevelopment.

      2. 8.Grants for public open spaces.

      3. 9.Grants for reclamation of derelict land.

      4. 10.Grants to port and airport health authorities.

      5. 11.Grants for certain expenditure due to immigrant population.

    3. Discontinuance or reduction of certain existing grants.

      1. 12.Discontinuance of general grants and rate-deficiency grants.

      2. 13.Calculation of road-mileage etc. for grant purposes.

      3. 14.Discontinuance of grants for school meals etc.

      4. 15.Reduction of grants under 1964 c. 18 s. 1 for 1967-68.

  3. PART II Rates

    1. Valuation for rating.

      1. 16.Postponement of revaluation.

      2. 17.Valuation according to tone of list.

      3. 18.Application of s. 17 to proposals since 2nd December 1965.

      4. 19.Settlement of proposals for altering valuation lists.

    2. Rating of unoccupied property.

      1. 20.Application of ss. 21 and 22.

      2. 21.Liability to be rated in respect of certain unoccupied property.

      3. 22.Supplementary provisions, exemptions and reliefs.

    3. Miscellaneous.

      1. 23.Rating of certain office premises of nationalised boards.

      2. 24.Power to alter distribution of certain payments made by nationalised boards in lieu or by way of rates.

      3. 25.Calculation of rate products.

      4. 26.' Dwelling-house ' to include certain premises used in part otherwise than as private dwelling.

  4. PART III Highways

    1. Grants towards construction and improvement of roads.

      1. 27.Highway grants and classifications.

    2. Lighting of highways.

      1. 28.Provision of lighting by highway authorities.

      2. 29.Powers of existing lighting authorities.

      3. 30.Delegation of lighting functions of highway authority.

      4. 31.Transfer of road lighting systems.

      5. 32.Special provisions as to footway lighting systems.

    3. Seconding of staff etc.

      1. 33.Placing of staff etc. of councils at disposal of Minister.

    4. Supplemental.

      1. 34.Construction and commencement of Part III.

  5. PART IV Miscellaneous and General

    1. 35.Amendment of certain enactments relating to licences.

    2. 36.Further provisions as to dog licences.

    3. 37.Payments by local authorities to offset effect of selective employment tax.

    4. 38.Amendments preparatory to consolidation.

    5. 39.Application of Act to Isles of Stilly.

    6. 40.Orders, regulations and rules.

    7. 41.Interpretation.

    8. 42.Expenses.

    9. 43.Consequential amendments and repeals.

    10. 44.Short title and extent.

  6. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Rate Support Grants.

      1. PART I The needs element

        1. Payments comprised in the element.

          1. 1.(1) The amount of the needs element of rate support...

        2. The basic payment.

          1. 2.The basic payment shall be a payment of an amount...

        3. Supplementary payments.

          1. 3.A supplementary payment shall be payable of an amount arrived...

          2. 4.A supplementary payment shall be payable of an amount arrived...

          3. 5.A supplementary payment shall be payable if the number of...

          4. 6.A supplementary payment shall be payable if the population per...

          5. 7.A supplementary payment shall be payable if the road-mileage of...

          6. 8.A supplementary payment shall be payable of an amount equal...

          7. 9.A supplementary payment shall be payable if the population has...

          8. 10.(1) A supplementary payment shall be payable if the area...

        4. Special provision for inner London.

          1. 11.(1) The Minister may by regulations provide that such proportion...

        5. Adjustments to prevent over-payments etc. and for pooling arrangements.

          1. 12.If when the needs element for any year falls to...

          2. 13.(1) The needs element shall be subject to adjustment, in...

        6. Miscellaneous.

          1. 14.The Minister may, by a rate support grant order, vary,...

          2. 15.Notwithstanding anything in section 1(5) of this Act, payments made...

          3. 16.For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule the...

          4. 17.In this Part of this Schedule " population ", in...

      2. PART II The resources element

        1. Condition and amount of payment.

          1. 1.The resources element shall not be payable to a local...

          2. 2.The amount of the resources element payable to a local...

        2. Calculation of standard penny rate product.

          1. 3.(1) For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule,...

        3. Calculation of expenditure.

          1. 4.In ascertaining the expenditure of any authority (other than the...

          2. 5.For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, the...

          3. 6.For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, the...

          4. 7.Any expenditure in pursuance of section 25 of the Land...

          5. 8.For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, sums...

          6. 9.For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, the...

        4. Adjustment of resources element.

          1. 10.Paragraph 12 of Part I of this Schedule shall apply...

          2. 11.(1) If the Minister is satisfied, as respects the councils...

      3. PART III The domestic element

        1. 1.There shall for each year be prescribed, for the purposes...

        2. 2.The amount of the domestic element payable to a local...

        3. 3.For the purposes of the provisions of this Act relating...

        4. 4.Any amounts payable to a local authority in respect of...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Rating of Unoccupied Property.

      1. Determination of rateable values.

        1. 1.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, the rateable...

        2. 2.(1) A rating authority may request the valuation officer to...

      2. Completion of newly erected or altered buildings.

        1. 3.For the purposes of section 21 of this Act, a...

        2. 4.(1) Where a rating authority are of opinion—

        3. 5.In the case of a building to which work remains...

        4. 6.Where by reason of the structural alteration of any building...

      3. Supplemental.

        1. 7.(1) Where a person for the time being liable td...

        2. 8.No rate shall be payable under the said section 21...

        3. 9.Any amount due in respect of rates payable by virtue...

        4. 10.In calculating any period for the purposes of section 21...

        5. 11.In this Schedule— " building " includes part of a...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Licences etc.

      1. PART I Enactments ceasing to have effect

        1. 1.The Agricultural Gangs Act 1867.

        2. 2.The Gun Licence Act 1870.

        3. 3.In section 172 of the Public Health Act 1875, the...

        4. 4.The Hawkers Act 1888.

        5. 5.Sections 341 to 352 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894,...

        6. 6.Section 84 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1907....

        7. 7.Sections 249(1), 250, 251(1)(a) and (b) and 252 of the...

      2. PART II Variation of fees for licences, registration etc.

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Minor Amendments of Enactments relating to Rating and Valuation Preparatory to Consolidation.

      1. 1.References to a rate— (a) in section 4 of the...

      2. 2.Any reference in section 4 of the Poor Relief Act...

      3. 3.In sections 4(c) and 5 of the Rating Act 1874,...

      4. 4.In section 6(1) of the Rating Act 1874, after the...

      5. 5.Section 7 of the Rating Act 1874 (which relates to...

      6. 6.In section 2 of the Rating and Valuation Act 1925,...

      7. 7.In section 4(6) of the Rating and Valuation Act 1925,...

      8. 8.In section 9(3) of the Rating and Valuation Act 1925,...

      9. 9.In section 13(2) of the Rating and Valuation Act 1925...

      10. 10.In the following enactments, that is to say:—

      11. 11.Section 58 of the Rating and Valuation Act 1925 shall...

      12. 12.(1) In section 64 of the Rating and Valuation Act...

      13. 13.Section 66 of the Rating and Valuation Act 1925 and...

      14. 14.In section 43 of the Local Government Act 1948—

      15. 15.In section 47(3) of the Local Government Act 1948, for...

      16. 16.In section 48(2)(a) of the Local Government Act 1948 for...

      17. 17.In section 49(1) of the Local Government Act 1948 and...

      18. 18.Sections 100(1), 102 and 110(b) of the Local Government Act...

      19. 19.In section 100(2) of the Local Government Act 1948, at...

      20. 20.Section 3 of the Rating and Valuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act...

      21. 21.Section 14(3) of the Local Government Act 1958 shall have...

      22. 22.In section 12(5) of the Rating and Valuation Act 1961...

      23. 23.In section 15(1) of the Rating and Valuation Act 1961,...

      24. 24.In section 16(5) of the Rating and Valuation Act 1961,...

      25. 25.In section 18(2)(d) of the Rating and Valuation Act 1961,...

      26. 26.In the Rating and Valuation Act 1961—

      27. 27.Notwithstanding anything in article 2(1) of the Secretary of State...

      28. 28.(1) Subject to any order under sub-paragraph (2) of this...

      29. 29.The following enactments shall cease to have effect, that is...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Consequential Amendments.

      1. THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1875

        1. 1.In section 172 for the words " such boats "...

      2. THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1936

        1. 2.In section 253 for the words from the beginning to...

      3. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1948

        1. 3.After section 94(2) there shall be inserted the following subsection—...

      4. THE HOUSING (FINANCIAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1958

        1. 4.In paragraph 10 of Schedule 3, at the end of...

      5. THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1959

        1. 5.In section 57(1), in the definition of " grant-aided function...

      6. THE LONDON GOVERNMENT ACT 1963

        1. 6.In section 31(8), after the words " Act 1958 ",...

        2. 7.In section 66(2) the reference to amounts payable to authorities...

        3. 8.In section 70(3) the reference to section 5 of the...

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      Enactments Repealed.

      1. PART I Enactments Repealed from Passing of Act

      2. PART II Enactments Repealed from 1st April 1967

      3. PART III Enactments Repealed from the day Appointed under s. 38(1)

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