(1)A parish council shall have the following additional powers, namely, power—
(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
F3(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d) . . . F4 sections one hundred and eighty-three to one hundred and eighty-six of the M1Public Health Act, 1875, shall apply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4 as if the parish council were a local authority within the meaning of those sections; and
(e)(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5
[F6(g)to acquire by agreement any right of way, whether within their parish or an adjoining parish, the acquisition of which is beneficial to the inhabitants of the parish or any part thereof; and]
(h). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7
(i)to execute any works (including works of maintenance or improvement) incidental to or consequential on the exercise of any of the foregoing powers, or in relation to any parish property, not being property relating to affairs of the church or held for an ecclesiastical charity; and
(k)to contribute towards the expense of doing any of the things above mentioned, or to agree or combine with any other parish council to do or contribute towards the expense of doing any of the things above mentioned.
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8
F9(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1S. 8(1)(a) repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV
F2S. 8(1)(b repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30
F3S. 8(1)(c) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 10 Group 3
F4Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30
F5S. 8(1)(e)(f) repealed by Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49), s. 346, Sch. 3 Pt. V
F6S. 8(1)(g) repealed so far as it applies to a highway within the meaning of the Highways Act 1959 by Highways Act 1959 (c. 25), Sch. 25
F7S. 8(1)(h)(2) repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV
F8S. 8(3) repealed by Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49), s. 346, Sch. 3 Pt. V
F9S. 8(4) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 10 Group 3
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Functions of Board of Agriculture now exercisable by Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1903 (c. 31), s. 1(1), Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1919 (c. 91), s. 1 and S.I. 1955/554 (1955 I, p. 1200)
C2S. 8(1)(i) extended by Local Government Act 1929 (c. 17), s. 115(3)
Marginal Citations