War Memorials (Local Authorities' Powers) Act 1923

War Memorials (Local Authorities' Powers) Act 1923
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to enable local authorities under certain circumstances to maintain, repair and protect war memorials vested in them.
Citation13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 18
Dates
Royal assent18 July 1923
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the War Memorials (Local Authorities' Powers) Act 1923 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
A town war memorial, in Stratford-upon-Avon.

The War Memorials (Local Authorities' Powers) Act 1923 (13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 18) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. It received royal assent on 18 July 1923.

It extended throughout the United Kingdom, and empowered county, borough, district and parish councils ("local authorities") to incur expenditure on constructing and maintaining a war memorial within the area for which they were responsible. Expenditure was to be covered by levying a rate which was not to exceed 1⅓ of a penny in the pound for any given financial year (0.5%); parish councils were required to have this rate approved by the county council.[1]

The Act has been modernised in line with administrative reorganisations, but is still in force.[2]

References

  1. ^ Parish councillor's guide. A complete guide to the duties, powers and liabilities of parish councils. Fourth edition: by Richard Cowdy Maxwell, 1933.
  2. ^ Text of the War Memorials (Local Authorities' Powers) Act 1923 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.