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Summary
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Local Government (Drogheda and Meath) Act 1845
Note that this short title is only used in Ireland |
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| Local Government Act 1858 |
Replaced Public Health Act 1848
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| Local Government Act (1858) Amendment Act 1861 |
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| Local Government Act Amendment Act 1863 |
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| Local Government (Ireland) Act 1871 |
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| Local Government (Boundaries) Act 1887 |
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| Local Government Act 1888 |
Created county councils and county boroughs in England and Wales
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| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 |
Created county councils in Scotland
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| Local Government Act 1894 |
Created rural and urban districts in England and Wales
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| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1894 |
Created Local Government Board and parish councils in Scotland
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| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1894 Amendment Act 1895 |
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| Local Government (Elections) Act 1896 |
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| Local Government (Elections) (No. 2) Act 1896 |
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| Local Government (Determination of Differences) Act 1896 |
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| Local Government (Ireland) Act 1897 |
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| Local Government (Joint Committees) Act 1897 |
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| Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 |
Created county councils, rural and urban districts in Ireland
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| Local Government (Ireland) Act 1900 |
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| Local Government (Ireland) (No. 2) Act 1900 |
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| Local Government (Ireland) Act 1901 |
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| Local Government (Ireland) Act 1902 |
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| Local Government (Transfer of Powers) Act 1903 |
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| Local Government (Ireland) Act (1898) Amendment Act 1906 |
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| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1908 |
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| Local Government (Adjustments) Act 1913 |
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| Local Government (Adjustments) (Scotland) Act 1914 |
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| Local Government (Emergency Provisions) Act 1916 |
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| Local Government Emergency Provisions (No. 2) Act 1916 |
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| Local Government (Allotments and Land Cultivation) (Ireland) Act 1917 |
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| Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 |
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| Local Government (County Boroughs and Adjustments) Act 1926 |
Amended the rules for the creation of county boroughs
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| Local Government Act 1929 |
Provision for county review orders to amend districts; poor law boards abolished in England and Wales
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| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 |
Created large and small burghs and district councils; poor law reformed in Scotland
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| Local Government (Clerks) Act 1931 |
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| Local Government (General Exchequer Contributions) Act 1933 |
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| Local Government Act 1933 |
Consolidated earlier legislation in England and Wales
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| Local Government (Members' Travelling Expenses) Act 1937 |
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| Local Government (Hours of Poll) Act 1938 |
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| Local Government Amendment (Scotland) Act 1939 |
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| Local Government (Boundary Commission) Act 1945 |
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| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 |
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| Local Government Act 1948 |
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| Local Government Boundary Commission (Dissolution) Act 1949 |
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| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1951 |
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| Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953 |
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| Local Government (Street Works) (Scotland) Act 1956 |
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| Local Government Elections Act 1956 |
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| Local Government (Omnibus Shelters and Queue Barriers) (Scotland) Act 1958 |
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| Local Government Act 1958 |
Initiated reviews of large urbanised areas, made provision for rural boroughs
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| Local Government (Records) Act 1962 |
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| Local Government (Development and Finance) (Scotland) Act 1964 |
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| Local Government (Pecuniary Interests) Act 1964 |
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| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 (Amendment) Act 1965 |
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| Local Government (Pecuniary Interests) (Scotland) Act 1966 |
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| Local Government Act 1966 |
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| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966 |
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| Local Government (Termination of Reviews) Act 1967 |
Ended reviews started by the 1958 Act
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| Local Government (Footpaths and Open Spaces) (Scotland) Act 1970 |
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| Local Government Act 1972 |
Created metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties in England and Wales
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| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 |
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| Local Government Act 1974 |
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| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 |
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| Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 |
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| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1978 |
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| Local Government Act 1978 |
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| Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 |
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| Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981 |
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| Local Government and Planning (Amendment) Act 1981 |
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| Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 |
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| Local Government Finance Act 1982 |
Local authorities going above spending limits could have general grants removed
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| Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 |
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| Local Government (Interim Provisions) Act 1984 |
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| Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 |
The freedom of information law for local government. It provided greater public access to meetings, reports and documents, subject to its confidentiality provisions.
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| Local Government Act 1985 |
Abolished the Greater London Council and the county councils of the metropolitan counties
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| Local Government Act 1986 |
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| Local Government Finance Act 1987
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| Local Government Act 1987 |
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| Local Government Act 1988 |
Introduced the controversial Section 28
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| Local Government and Housing Act 1989 |
introduced the principle of 'politically restricted posts' and restricting the political activities of local authority employees.
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| Local Government Finance (Publicity for Auditors' Reports) Act 1991 |
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| Local Government Act 1992 |
Made provision for the creation of unitary districts in England
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| Local Government (Overseas Assistance) Act 1993 |
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| Local Government (Amendment) Act 1993 |
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| Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 |
Created current unitary structure in Wales
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| Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 |
Created current unitary structure in Scotland
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| Local Government (Gaelic Names) (Scotland) Act 1997 |
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| Local Government and Rating Act 1997 |
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| Local Government (Contracts) Act 1997 |
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| Local Government Act 1999 |
Requirement for most authorities in England and Wales to achieve 'best value'
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| Local Government Act 2000 |
Introduced directly elected mayors and replaced the traditional committee system of decision-making with the executive model and introduced scrutiny to local government.
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| Local Government Act 2003 |
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| Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 |
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| Local Government Act 2010 |
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| Local Government (Review of Decisions) Act 2015 |
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| Local Government (Religious etc. Observances) Act 2015 |
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| Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 |
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| Local Government (Disqualification) Act 2022 |
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