The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (Repeal of Local Acts) Order 1988

Statutory Instruments

1988 No. 66

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (Repeal of Local Acts) Order 1988

Made

19th January 1988

Laid before Parliament

1st February 1988

Coming into force

1st May 1988

Whereas it appears to the Secretary of State that the provisions of the local Acts specified in the Schedule to this Order (being Acts passed before or in the same Session as the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982(1)) are inconsistent with or have become unnecessary in consequence of sections 29, 37 and 41 of that Act;

And whereas in accordance with section 48(3) of that Act he has consulted each local authority which he considers would be affected by the repeal of those provisions;

Now therefore the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 48(1)(a) of that Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (Repeal of Local Acts) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st May 1988.

Local Acts repealed

2.  The local Acts specified in the Schedule to this Order are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

Nicholas Ridley

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

19th January 1988

Article 2

SCHEDULE

Chapter	Title	Extent of repeal
1976 c.xxxv.	County of South Glamorgan Act 1976.	Section 29.
1980 c.x.	County of Merseyside Act 1980.	Section 18.
1980 c.xi.	West Midlands County Council Act 1980.	Sections 31, 43 and 74.
1980 c.xiii.	Cheshire County Council Act 1980.	Sections 27 and 96.
1980 c.xiv.	West Yorkshire Act 1980.	Section 34.
1980 c.xv.	Isle of Wight Act 1980.	Section 25.
1980 c.xxxvii.	South Yorkshire Act 1980.	Sections 31, 32, 89, and 91.
1980 c.xliii.	Tyne and Wear Act 1980.	Section 6.
1981 c.ix.	Greater Manchester Act 1981.	Sections 10, 40 and 41.
1981 c.xviii.	County of Kent Act 1981.	Sections 28 and 29.
1982 c.iii.	Humberside Act 1982.	Sections 44 and 45.
1982 c.iv.	County of Avon Act 1982.	Sections 9 and 47.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order repeals the provisions of local Acts passed before or in the same Session as the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 which have become unnecessary in consequence of the provisions of that Act.

The local Act provisions which are repealed are principally concerned with the protection of unoccupied buildings which are not effectively secured, the disposal of lost and uncollected property and the control of temporary markets.

(1)

1982 c. 30.