UK Law

Tag: Local Government

  • Allotments

    History Under the Allotments Acts 1887 to 1907, it is the duty of a county council to ascertain the extent to which there is a demand for allotments in the urban districts and parishes in the county, or would be a demand if suitable land were available, and the extent to which it is reasonably…

  • Areas

    History: Alterations of local Areas The only other powers and duties of a county council arising under the Local Government Act itself which it is necessary to notice are those relating to alterations of local areas. It may be convenient here to state that certain alterations of areas can only […]

  • Parish Councils

    History: Parish Councils and the County Council The powers and duties of a county council under the Local Government Act 1894 are numerous and varied, and the chief of them are mentioned hereafter in connexion with parish councils. The county council may establish a parish council in a parish […]

  • County Council

    Definition of County Council In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of County Council : A *local authority whose area is a *county. A county council has certain exclusive responsibilities (e.g. education, fire services, highways, and refuse disposal) and […]

  • Education

    History of Local Education and the County Council powers Previous to the Education Act 1902, county councils had certain optional powers under the Technical Instruction Acts to supply or aid the supply of technical or manual instruction. Their duties in respect to education were, however, much […]

  • Local Government

    History The Reform Act of 1832 was the real starting-point for the overhauling of English local government. For centuries before, from the reign of Edward III., under a number of statutes and commissions, the administrative work in the counties had been in the hands of the country gentlemen […]

  • Local Government Ombudsmen

    Resources See Also Further Reading Local Government Ombudsmen in the Encyclopedia of Britain Local Government Ombudsmen in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Local Government Ombudsmen in the Halsbury's Laws of England Local Government Ombudsmen in the Stroud's Judicial […]

  • Diseases

    History Infectious diseases The Public Health Acts contain important provisions relating to infectious disease. Any person who knows he is suffering from an infectious disease must not carry on any trade or business unless he can do so without risk of spreading the disease. Local […]