Local Government Act 1958

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I Grants and Rates

   1. General grants

      1. 1. General grants

      2. 2. Fixing of annual aggregate of general grants, and adjustment of grants

      3. 3. Power to reduce general grant in case of default

   2. Discontinuance of certain grants

      1. 4. Certain grants to be discontinued

   3. Rate-deficiency Grants to local authorities

      1. 5. Rate-deficiency Grants

      2. 6. Limitation of Rate-deficiency Grant to normal expenditure

      3. 7. Modification for special cases of provisions as to Rate-deficiency Grants

   4. Amendments as to London rate equalisation

      1. 8. Amendment of s. 10 of Act of 1948

   5. Rating: industrial and freight-transport hereditaments

      1. 9. Rating of industrial and freight-transport hereditaments

   6. Rating of Gas and Electricity Authorities

      1. 10. Gas and Electricity Boards: rating of showrooms

      2. 11. Rateable value of Gas Board hereditaments

      3. 12. Rating of Generating Board and Area Electricity Boards

      4. 13. Rating of Electricity Council

   7. Consequential amendment of Valuation List

      1. 14. Consequential amendment of valuation lists

   8. Transitional adjustments

      1. 15. Adjustments transitional on coming into effect of Part I

   9. Supplementary

      1. 16. Supplementary provisions as to Part I

3. PART II Reviews of Local Government Areas in England and Wales

   1. Reviews by Local Government Commissions

      1. 17. The Local Government Commissions

      2. 18. General scope of Commission's proposals

      3. 19. Scope of proposals for special review areas

      4. 20. Special review areas: distribution of functions

      5. 21. Procedure for Commission's reviews

      6. 22. Commission's reports to Minister

      7. 23. Power of Minister to give effect to proposals

      8. 24. Power of Minister to initiate changes in default of proposals of Commission

      9. 25. Variation of special review areas

   2. Joint Boards

      1. 26. Provisions as to joint boards

      2. 27. Subsequent variation of provisions as to joint boards

   3. County Reviews

      1. 28. Holding of reviews by county councils

      2. 29. Procedure on county reviews

      3. 30. Power of Minister to direct holding of county review by Commission

      4. 31. Subsequent county reviews

      5. 32. County reviews: consequential provisions as to joint boards

      6. 33. Application of ss. 28 and 31 to special cases

   4. General provisions relating to Part II

      1. 34. Constitution of county boroughs: presumption as to size

      2. 35. Restriction on promotion of Bills for changes of local government areas or status

      3. 36. Regulations as to Commission

      4. 37. Dissolution of Commissions

      5. 38. Consequential and transitional arrangements relating to Part II

      6. 39. Financial provisions

      7. 40. Orders etc. under Part II subject to affirmative or negative resolution

      8. 41. Revocation of orders

      9. 42. Supplementary provisions as to statutory water undertakers

      10. 43. Boundaries between English and Welsh areas not to be affected

      11. 44. Provisions as to Cinque Ports

      12. 45. Saving for Prerogative

4. PART III Delegation of functions to Councils of County Districts

   1. Health and Welfare functions

      1. 46. Schemes for exercise of health and welfare functions by councils of county districts

      2. 47. Procedure for bringing delegation scheme into operation

      3. 48. Variation and revocation of delegation schemes

      4. 49. Default powers of Minister of Health

      5. 50. Proposals and schemes under National Health Service Act, 1946 and National Assistance Act, 1948

      6. 51. Application of foregoing provisions to joint boards

   2. Education functions

      1. 52. New claims to status of excepted district

   3. Metropolitan area

      1. 53. Exclusion from Part III of metropolitan area

5. PART IV General and Supplementary

   1. General amendments relating to local government finance

      1. 54. Extension of power of trustees to lend to local authorities

      2. 55. Consolidated Loans Funds

      3. 56. Contributions by county councils to expenses of county district councils

      4. 57. Abolition of compulsory county contributions to local health salaries

      5. 58. Arrangements by local authorities for handling receipts and payments

   2. Supplementary provisions

      1. 59. Change of name of county or borough

      2. 60. Transfer and compensation of officers

      3. 61. Payments out of moneys provided by Parliament

      4. 62. Minor and consequential amendments

      5. 63. General provisions as to local inquiries

      6. 64. Application of Statutory Instruments Act

      7. 65. Ascertainment of population

      8. 66. Interpretation

      9. 67. Repeals

      10. 68. Short title

6. SCHEDULES

   1. FIRST SCHEDULE

      General Grants

      1. PART I Relevant Expenditure

         1. 1. Expenditure incurred by local education authorities as such.

         2. 2. Expenditure incurred by or on behalf of local health authorities...

         3. 3. Expenditure on fire services.

         4. 4. Expenditure incurred in the carrying out of any of the...

         5. 5. (1) Expenditure incurred in connection with— (a) the acquisition of...

         6. 6. Expenditure incurred by local authorities within the meaning of section...

         7. 7. Expenditure incurred in the provision and maintenance of vehicles or...

         8. 8. Expenditure incurred in the defraying of registration expenses within the...

         9. 9. Expenditure incurred by local authorities within the meaning of the...

         10. 10. Expenditure incurred in the provision of such accommodation as it...

         11. 11. Expenditure incurred in the making and carrying out of arrangements...

      2. PART II Exclusions from Relevant Expenditure

         1. 1. Paragraph 1 of Part I of this Schedule does not...

         2. 2. Paragraph 3 of Part I of this Schedule does not...

         3. 3. Paragraph 4 of Part I of this Schedule does not...

         4. 4. (1) Sub-paragraph (1) (a) of paragraph 5 of Part I...

         5. 5. Part I of this Schedule does not include expenditure of...

      3. PART III Amount of General Grants

         1. 1. The basic grant shall be a grant of an amount...

         2. 2. In the case of every recipient authority, a supplementary grant...

         3. 3. In the case of every recipient authority, a supplementary grant...

         4. 4. (1) A supplementary grant shall be payable if the estimated...

         5. 5. A supplementary grant shall be payable if the estimated number...

         6. 6. A supplementary grant shall be payable if the ratio of...

         7. 7. A supplementary grant shall be payable if the estimated population...

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

         9. 9. A general grant order may prescribe the manner in which,...

      4. PART IV Adjustments of General Grants for pooling, etc., arrangements

         1. Pooling of certain Expenditure of Education and Health Authorities

            1. 1. (1) In respect of expenditure to which this paragraph applies,...

         2. Adjustment of aggregate of general grants

            1. 2. The aggregate amount prescribed under section one of this Act...

   2. SECOND SCHEDULE

      New provisions for rating Electricity Boards

      1. PART I Calculation of rateable value on which rates are to be assessed

         1. 1. For any year, the rateable value of the hereditament which...

         2. 2. The value of the said activities for a rating area...

         3. 3. (1) The aggregate value of the generating and of the...

         4. 4. (1) The basic value of an Electricity Board for any...

         5. 5. (1) For the purposes of this Schedule an Electricity Board...

         6. 6. (1) For the purposes of this Schedule the aggregate net...

      2. PART II Supplementary provisions

         1. 7. It shall be the duty of each Electricity Board, before...

         2. 8. Before the fifteenth day of November preceding the beginning of...

         3. 9. Before the said fifteenth day of November the Commissioners shall...

         4. 10. The Commissioners shall calculate the rateable value of the hereditament...

         5. 11. Where the Commissioners notify the amount of a rateable value...

         6. 12. No proposal shall be made under Part III of the...

   3. THIRD SCHEDULE

      Special Review Areas

      1. 1. The special review areas for the purposes of Part II...

      2. 2. The Tyneside Area shall consist of the county boroughs of...

      3. 3. The West Yorkshire Area shall consist of the county boroughs...

      4. 4. The South East Lancashire Area shall consist of the county...

      5. 5. The Merseyside Area shall consist of the county boroughs of...

      6. 6. The West Midlands Area shall consist of the county boroughs...

      7. 7. The provisions of this Schedule shall have effect subject to...

   4. FOURTH SCHEDULE

      Constitution and Proceedings of Local Government Commissions

      1. Constitution

         1. 1. (1) The Commissions shall be bodies corporate by the respective...

         2. 2. (1) The members of the Commissions shall be appointed by...

         3. 3. Part II of the First Schedule to the House of...

         4. 4. There shall be paid to a member of either of...

         5. 5. Each of the Commissions shall have a common seal, which...

      2. Capacity and proceedings

         1. 6. Each of the Commissions shall have power to act notwithstanding...

         2. 7. All acts done at a meeting of either of the...

         3. 8. Each of the Commissions may delegate, either to a member...

         4. 9. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Schedule, and to...

      3. Officers and servants, and remuneration and expenses

         1. 10. Each of the Commissions may appoint a secretary and such...

         2. 11. The expenses of each of the Commissions, and the salaries,...

      4. Proof of documents

         1. 12. (1) Every document purporting to be an instrument made or...

   5. FIFTH SCHEDULE

      The Metropolitan Area

   6. SIXTH SCHEDULE

      Provisions as to Joint Boards

      1. 1. Effect may be given to any proposals approved or affirmed...

      2. 2. An order of the appropriate (Minister made under the foregoing...

      3. 3. Section two hundred and ninety-three of the Act of 1933...

      4. 4. Section three hundred and nine of the Public Health Act,...

      5. 5. (1) Where the appropriate Minister proposes to make an order...

   7. SEVENTH SCHEDULE

      Boroughs included in rural districts

      1. Status of boroughs included in rural districts

         1. 1. (1) On the inclusion of a borough in a rural...

      2. Power to act by council

         1. 2. The corporation of a borough which has been included in...

      3. Name of corporation

         1. 3. On the inclusion of a borough in a rural district...

      4. Status and composition of council

         1. 4. (1) The council of a borough which has been included...

      5. Mayor and deputy mayor

         1. 5. (1) The mayor of a borough which has been included...

      6. Number and election of councillors

         1. 6. (1) The number of councillors of a borough which has...

      7. Consequential amendments of Representation of the People Act, 1949

         1. 7. (1) The Representation of the People Act, 1949, shall be...

      8. Consequential amendments of Local Government Elections Act, 1956

         1. 8. (1) In section three of the Local Government Elections Act,...

      9. Town clerk and other officers

         1. 9. (1) The person appointed under section one hundred and fourteen...

      10. Power to take security

          1. 10. The council of a borough which has been included in...

      11. Additional expenses of council

          1. 11. An order for the inclusion of a borough in a...

      12. Saving for boroughs being counties and boroughs having separate commissions of the peace

          1. 12. (1) Paragraph 1 of this Schedule shall not affect the...

      13. Provisions as to land

          1. 13. (1) The corporation of a borough which has been included...

      14. Application of enactments relating to trusts, freemen, and records and documents

          1. 14. The following enactments shall apply in relation to a borough...

      15. Saving for charter

          1. 15. The inclusion of a borough in a rural district shall...

      16. Surrender of charter

          1. 16. Where a borough has been included in a rural district...

   8. EIGHTH SCHEDULE

      Minor and consequential amendments

      1. 1. (1) In section six of the Teachers (Superannuation) Act, 1925,...

      2. 2. (1) Where contributions under section eighty-six of the Children and...

      3. 3. At the end of section eleven of the Act of...

      4. 4. Any order under subsection (2) of section thirty-eight of the...

      5. 5. (1) In subsection (5) of section forty-three of the Act...

      6. 6. (1) In section one hundred and eight of the Act...

      7. 7. (1) In section one hundred and forty of the Act...

      8. 8. (1) Section one hundred and forty-one of the Act of...

      9. 9. In section one hundred and forty-three of the Act of...

      10. 10. (1) In section one hundred and forty-five of the Act...

      11. 11. Section one hundred and forty-six of the Act of 1933...

      12. 12. In section one hundred and forty-seven of the Act of...

      13. 13. In section one hundred and forty-eight of the Act of...

      14. 14. In section two hundred and seventy-five of the Act of...

      15. 15. Subsection (3) of section twenty-five of the Tithe Act, 1936,...

      16. 16. (1) Subsection (1) of section ninety-nine of the Education Act,...

      17. 17. (1) In section one of the Teachers (Superannuation) Act, 1945,...

      18. 18. In section seven of the Police Act, 1946, for the...

      19. 19. The approval of the Minister of Health shall not be...

      20. 20. In section ten of the Fire Services Act, 1947, for...

      21. 21. In section ninety-three of the Town and Country Planning Act,...

      22. 22. In section thirty-four of the Act of 1948, subsection (2)...

      23. 23. (1) Subsection (1) of section eighty-seven of the Act of...

      24. 24. (1) For the purposes of section ninety-four of the Act...

      25. 25. (1) Subsection (2) of section one hundred of the Act...

      26. 26. Section one hundred and two of the Act of 1948...

      27. 27. In section one hundred and fourteen of the Act of...

      28. 28. The power conferred by section one hundred and forty-six of...

      29. 29. In section forty-six of the Children Act, 1948, in subsection...

      30. 30. In section eight of the Nurseries and Child Minders Regulation...

      31. 31. (1) Nothing in subsection (3) of section twenty-nine of the...

      32. 32. Subsections (1) and (2) of section three of the School...

      33. 33. Subsection (7) of section nine of the Act of 1955...

      34. 34. In the Road Traffic Act, 1956, in section five, at...

      35. 35. Paragraphs 1, 2, 6, 16, 17, 19, 21, 23 to...

   9. NINTH SCHEDULE

      Enactments repealed

      1. PART I General repeals as from passing of Act

      2. PART II General Repeals for 1959-60 and subsequent years

      3. PART III Repeals consequential on S. 11

      4. PART IV Repeals consequential on S. 57

      5. PART V Repeal of spent enactments