Local Government Act 1974

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I Grants

   1. Rate support grants

      1. 1. Rate support grants

      2. 2. Elements of rate support grants

      3. 3. Rate support grant orders

      4. 4. Variation of rate support grant orders

      5. 5. Reduction of grants in case of default

   2. Grants for particular purposes

      1. 6. Supplementary grants for transport purposes

      2. 7. Supplementary grants towards expenditure with respect to National Parks

      3. 8. Specific grants for purposes not covered by rate support grants

      4. 9. Grants and loans by the Countryside Commission

   3. Supplementary

      1. 10. Supplementary provisions for Part I

3. PART II Rating

   1. 11. The statutory rate rebate scheme

   2. 12. Local rate rebate schemes

   3. 13. Residential occupiers

   4. 14. Supplementary provisions as to eligibility for rate rebates

   5. 15. Rating of unoccupied property

   6. 16. Rating surcharge on unused office, etc., property

   7. 17. Increases in statutory deduction from gross value: alteration of valuation lists

   8. 18. Rating of plant and machinery

   9. 19. Rating of certain public utilities and other bodies

   10. 20. Exemption from rates for certain hereditaments comprising facilities for disabled persons

   11. 21. Valuation lists not to be altered on account of minor structural alterations to dwellings

   12. 22. Interpretation of Part II

4. PART III Local Government Administration

   1. 23. The Commissions for Local Administration

   2. 24. Bodies representing authorities to which Part III applies

   3. 25. Authorities subject to investigation

   4. 26. Matters subject to investigation

   5. 27. Provisions relating to complaints

   6. 28. Procedure in respect of investigations

   7. 29. Investigations: further provisions

   8. 30. Reports on investigations

   9. 31. Reports on investigations: further provisions

   10. 32. Law of defamation, and disclosure of information

   11. 33. Consultation between Local Commissioners, the Parliamentary Commissioner and the Health Service Commissioners

   12. 34. Interpretation of Part III

5. PART IV Miscellaneous and General

   1. 35. Removal or relaxation of controls affecting certain local authority functions

   2. 36. Recovery by local authorities of establishment charges

   3. 37. Extension of power of local authorities to make advances

   4. 38. Collection by local authorities of charges payable in respect of services provided by water authorities

   5. 39. Compensation for loss of office: extension of cases for which regulations may provide

   6. 40. Classification of highways

   7. 41. Expenses

   8. 42. Minor and consequential amendments and repeals

   9. 43. Short title, commencement, construction, application and extent

6. 1. SCHEDULE 1

      Termination or Modification of Certain Existing Grants

      1. PART I Existing Rate Support Grants

         1. 1. The provisions of sections 1 to 5 of the Local...

         2. 2. No order shall be made after 31st March 1974 under...

         3. 3. Without prejudice to his powers under section 4 of this...

         4. 4. Without prejudice to the generality of the power to make...

         5. 5. In this Part of this Schedule the expressions "rate support...

      2. PART II Existing Grants for Highways and Public Transport

         1. 6. Subject to paragraph 8 below, on and after 1st April...

         2. 7. No grants shall be paid under section 34(2) of the...

         3. 8. (1) In any case where it appears to the Secretary...

         4. 9. (1) In any case where it appears to the Secretary...

      3. PART III Existing Grants for Other Specific Purposes

         1. 10. No grants shall be paid for the year 1974-75 or...

         2. 11. (1) The Secretary of State may from time to time,...

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      Elements of Rate Support Grants

      1. PART I The Needs Element

         1. 1. Subject to paragraph 3 below, the amount of the needs...

         2. 2. For the purposes of paragraph 1 above the Secretary of...

         3. 3. (1) The needs element shall be subject to adjustment, in...

         4. 4. If, when the needs element for any year falls to...

      2. PART II The Domestic Element

         1. 5. (1) In each year an amount in the pound shall...

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

      3. PART III The Resources Element

         1. 7. No payment in respect of the resources element shall be...

         2. 8. In relation to the resources element, the national standard rateable...

         3. 9. (1) In relation to the resources element, the rateable value...

         4. 10. (1) Subject to any provision made by virtue of section...

         5. 11. (1) If, after the amount of the resources element payable...

   3. SCHEDULE 3

      Hereditaments to which Section 19(1) Applies

      1. 1. Any water hereditament, within the meaning of section 31 of...

      2. 2. Any hereditament consisting of railway or canal premises, within the...

      3. 3. Any hereditament which the British Gas Corporation are to be...

      4. 4. Any hereditament which an Electricity Board, within the meaning of...

      5. 5. Any hereditament occupied by the Post Office by any such...

      6. 6. Any hereditament occupied by the National Coal Board.

      7. 7. (1) Any other hereditament which consists of or includes a...

      8. 8. Any hereditament occupied by the persons carrying on, under authority...

      9. 9. Any hereditament occupied by the persons carrying on an undertaking...

   4. SCHEDULE 4

      The Commissions

      1. Disqualifications

         1. 1. (1) A person snail be disqualified for being appointed as,...

         2. 2. (1) So long as a Local Commissioner is responsible for...

      2. Remuneration, etc.

         1. 3. (1) Each Commission shall pay to or in respect of...

      3. Staff and accommodation

         1. 4. (1) Each of the Commissions may appoint a secretary, and...

      4. Proceedings of the Commissions

         1. 5. (1) The Commissions may determine their own procedure, including the...

      5. Expenses of the Commissions

         1. 6. Subject to paragraph 9 below, all expenses incurred by the...

         2. 7. Subject to paragraph 9 below, all expenses incurred by the...

         3. 8. (1) The said expenses shall be apportioned among the authorities...

         4. 9. (1) In relation to each of the Commissions, the Secretary...

         5. 10. (1) In each financial year each Commission shall prepare an...

         6. 11. (1) Where— (a) a representative body have made observations on...

      6. House of Commons Disqualification Act 1957

         1. 12. In Part II of Schedule 1 to the House of...

   5. SCHEDULE 5

      Matters not Subject to Investigation

      1. 1. The commencement or conduct of civil or criminal proceedings before...

      2. 2. Action taken by any authority in connection with the investigation...

      3. 3. (1) Action taken in matters relating to contractual or other...

      4. 4. Action taken in respect of appointments or removals, pay, discipline,...

      5. 5. (1) Any action taken by a local education authority in...

   6. SCHEDULE 6

      Relaxation and Removal of Controls

   7. SCHEDULE 7

      Minor and Consequential Amendments

      1. The National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949

         1. 1. In paragraph (e) of section 97(1) of the National Parks...

      2. The Local Government Act 1966

         1. 2. (1) In section 27 of the Local Government Act 1966,...

      3. The General Rate Act 1967

         1. 3. In section 12(9) of the General Rate Act 1967 (interest...

         2. 4. (1) In section 48 of that Act, in subsection (1)(a),...

         3. 5. In section 51(1) of that Act (power of rating authority...

         4. 6. Section 52 of that Act shall cease to have effect....

         5. 7. In section 54(1) of that Act (power of rating authority...

         6. 8. In paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 113 of...

         7. 9. In section 115(3) of that Act for the words "...

         8. 10. Schedule 11 to that Act shall cease to have effect....

      4. The Local Government Act 1972

         1. 11. In section 81 of the Local Government Act 1972 (exceptions...

         2. 12. In paragraph 7 of Schedule 13 to that Act, in...

      5. The Water Act 1973

         1. 13. (1) In paragraph 11(9) of Schedule 5 to the Water...

         2. 14. In Schedule 6 to that Act, in paragraph 5(2), in...

      6. The Breeding of Dogs Act 1973

         1. 15. (1) Section 4 of the Breeding of Dogs Act 1973...

   8. SCHEDULE 8

      Enactments Repealed