Local Government Act 1929

Part VIII E+W General

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 , the expenses of the council of a county. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2 under this Act shall be defrayed—

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2 as expenses for general county purposes;

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

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(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

Textual Amendments

F1 Words repealed by Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49), Sch. 3 Pt. V

F2 Words repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

F3 S. 128(1)(b) repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

F4 S. 128(2) repealed by National Health Service Act 1946 (c. 81), Sch. 10 Pt. II

F5 S. 128(3) repealed by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), Sch. 18 Pt. IIExpenses lending and borrowing128.-(1)Save as otherwise expressly provided by this Act ... , the expenses of the council of a county ... under this Act shall be defrayed - (a) ... as expenses for general county purposes; (b) .......................................................(2) ..........................................................(3) ..........................................................

129 Provisions as to inquiries. E+W

(1) The Minister of Health may direct any inquiries to be held by his inspectors which he may deem necessary for the purposes of this Act, . . . F6 .

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9

Textual Amendments

F6 Words repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV and London Government Act 1939 (c. 40), Sch. 8

F7 S. 129(2) repealed by Highways Act 1959 (c. 25), s. 312(2), Sch. 25

F8 S. 129(3) repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

F9 S. 129(4) repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. IV and London Government Act 1939 (c. 40), Sch. 8

130 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10 E+W

Textual Amendments

F10 S. 130 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6)

131 Provisions as to orders, schemes and regulations. E+W

(1) Any order F11 . . . made under this Act may contain such incidental, consequential or supplemental provisions as may appear necessary or proper for the purposes of the order F11 . . ..

(2) Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Act, any order F11 . . . made under this Act may be altered or revoked by an order F11 . . .made in like manner and subject to the like provisions as the original order F11 . . .:

F12 . . .

(3) Where any order F13 ... or any regulations are by this Act required to be laid before Parliament, the order or regulations shall be laid on the Table of both Houses of Parliament, and if an address is presented to His Majesty by either House of Parliament within the next subsequent twenty-one days on which that House has sat after any such order or regulation has been laid before it praying that the order or regulation may be annulled, the order or regulation shall be annulled and it shall thenceforth be void, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder or to the making of a new order or regulation.

Textual Amendments

F11 Words in s. 131(1) and (2) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X

F12 Proviso to s. 131(2) repealed by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X

F13 Words in s. 131(3) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 10 Group 3

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 131(3) amended by Statutory Instruments Act 1946 (c. 39), s. 5(2)

132 Transitory and temporary provisions and adaptation of enactments. E+W

(1) The provisions set out in the Ninth Schedule to this Act (which relate to transitional and temporary matters) shall have effect for the purposes of this Act.

(2) The enactments mentioned in the Tenth Schedule to this Act shall have effect subject to the adaptations specified in that Schedule and the said adaptations shall, save as in that Schedule otherwise expressly provided, come into operation as from the appointed day.

133 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14 E+W

Textual Amendments

F14 S. 133 repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

134 Definitions. E+W

In this Act unless the context otherwise requires—

• “Appointed day” means the first day of April, nineteen hundred and thirty . . .

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• “Enactment” includes any public general, local or private Act and any rule, regulation, byelaw, order, or award made under any Act:

• F16 . . .

• “Functions” includes powers and duties:

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• “Local Act” includes a Provisional Order confirmed by Act of Parliament:

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• “Minister” means the Minister of Health:

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• “Property” and “liabilities” have the same meanings as in the M1 Local Government Act, 1888:

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• “Rate” has the same meaning as in the M2 Rating and Valuation Act, 1925:

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• “Road” means a highway repairable by the inhabitants at large, and, save as in this Act otherwise expressly provided, includes any bridge so repairable carrying the road, and “improvement” in relation to a road includes the fixing of a building line or improvement line under any enactment:

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• “Sinking fund” includes any fund for the redemption of debt:

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• “Water-rate” means any rate or other charge payable by consumers for the supply of water:

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Textual Amendments

F15 Definitions of “Appropriate percentage” and “Appropriate year” repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

F16 Definitions in s. 134 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X

F17 Definition repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VIII

F18 Definition of “County bridge” repealed by London Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

F19 Definition of “Gross annual value for income tax purposes” repealed by Finance Act 1963 (c. 25), Sch. 13 Pt. IV

F20 Definitions repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

F21 Definition repealed by Finance Act 1963 (c. 25), Sch. 13 Pt. IV

F22 Definitions repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), Sch. Pt. VIII

F23 Definition repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV

F24 Definition of “Weighted population” repealed by Local Government Act 1958 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. V

Marginal Citations

M1 1888 c. 41.

M2 1925 c. 90.

135 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F25 E+W

Textual Amendments

F25 S. 135 repealed by Local Government Act 1948 (c. 26), Sch. 2 Pt. I

136 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F26 E+W

Textual Amendments

F26 S. 136 repealed by Transport Charges &c. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1954 (c. 64), Sch. 2 Pt. II

137 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F27 E+W

Textual Amendments

F27 S. 137 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6)

138 Short title and extent. E+W

(1) This Act may be cited as the Local Government Act, 1929.

(2) This Act shall not . . . F28 extend to Scotland, and shall not extend to Northern Ireland.

(3) The Minister may by order direct that this Act shall, subject to such exceptions, adaptations and modifications, if any, as may be specified in the order, extend to the Isles of Scilly, but except as so applied this Act shall not extend to the said Isles.

The Minister may by any such order amend or repeal any provisions contained in the order relating to the Isles of Scilly, which was confirmed by the M3 Local Government Board’s Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 6) Act, 1890.

F29 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F28 Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), Sch. Pt. VIII

F29 S. 138(4) repealed by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X

Marginal Citations

M3 1890 c. clxxvi.