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Parish Councils Act 1957

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PART IIIMiscellaneous

12Increase in maximum number of parish councillors

The maximum number of parish councillors for each parish, or group of parishes, which may be fixed by the county council shall be increased from fifteen to twenty-one; and accordingly, in subsection (1) of section fifty of the Local Government Act, 1933, for the word " fifteen " there shall be substituted the words " twenty-one ".

13Expenses

There shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament any increase attributable to this Act in the sums so payable under Part I of the Local Government Act, 1948, or under the Local Government (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act, 1954, as amended by the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act, 1956.

14Interpretation

(1)Any reference in this Act to any other enactment shall, except so far as the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended or applied by or under any other enactment, including this Act.

(2)In this Act " parish ", in relation to a common parish council acting for two or more grouped parishes, means those parishes.

15Consequential amendments and repeals

(1)Section one hundred and ninety-three of the Local Government Act, 1933 (which relates to the expenses of parish councils and parish meetings, and limits the sums which may be required to be raised in any financial year to meet those expenses) shall be amended—

(a)by substituting in subsection (3) for the words " (other than expenses under the adoptive Acts or under Part VI of the Local Government Act, 1948) " the words. "(other than expenses mentioned in the First Schedule to the Parish Councils Act, 1957) "; and

(b)by adding in subsection (5) after the words " the parish meeting " the words " (other than expenses under the Allotments Acts, 1908 to 1950) ".

(2)The enactments specified in the Second Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

16Short title and extent

(1)This Act may be cited as the Parish Councils Act, 1957.

(2)Nothing in this Act extends to Scotland or Northern Ireland.

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