Local Government Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Ireland and the United Kingdom, relating to local government.
The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Local Government Bill during its passage through Parliament.
Local Government Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to local government.
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See also: Local government in Victoria |
Many other acts entitled "Local Government Act" have been passed—as well as even more of the form "Local Government (Specific Matter) Act"—but these are the major ones which define the terms in which the others operate or alter. All but the last have had the long titles "An act to consolidate the Law(s) relating to Local Government". Additional acts concerning local government in the early days of the colony did not have short titles.
The following list of acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom only includes public general acts, and so does not include any of the numerous "provisional order confirmation acts"
| Act | 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 |
| Local Government Act (1858) Amendment Act 1861 | |
| Local Government Act Amendment Act 1863 | |
| Local Government (Ireland) Act 1871 | |
| Local Government (Boundaries) Act 1887 | |
| Local Government Act 1888 | Created county councils and county boroughs in England and Wales |
| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 | Created county councils in Scotland |
| Local Government Act 1894 | Created rural and urban districts in England and Wales |
| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1894 | Created Local Government Board and parish councils in Scotland |
| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1894 Amendment Act 1895 | |
| Local Government (Elections) Act 1896 | |
| Local Government (Elections) (No. 2) Act 1896 | |
| Local Government (Determination of Differences) Act 1896 | |
| Local Government (Ireland) Act 1897 | |
| Local Government (Joint Committees) Act 1897 | |
| Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 | Created county councils, rural and urban districts in Ireland |
| Local Government (Ireland) Act 1900 | |
| Local Government (Ireland) (No. 2) Act 1900 | |
| Local Government (Ireland) Act 1901 | |
| Local Government (Ireland) Act 1902 | |
| Local Government (Transfer of Powers) Act 1903 | |
| Local Government (Ireland) Act (1898) Amendment Act 1906 | |
| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1908 | |
| Local Government (Adjustments) Act 1913 | |
| Local Government (Adjustments) (Scotland) Act 1914 | |
| Local Government (Emergency Provisions) Act 1916 | |
| Local Government Emergency Provisions (No. 2) Act 1916 | |
| Local Government (Allotments and Land Cultivation) (Ireland) Act 1917 | |
| Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 | |
| Local Government (County Boroughs and Adjustments) Act 1926 | Amended the rules for the creation of county boroughs |
| Local Government Act 1929 | Provision for county review orders to amend districts; poor law boards abolished in England and Wales |
| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 | Created large and small burghs and district councils; poor law reformed in Scotland |
| Local Government (Clerks) Act 1931 | |
| Local Government (General Exchequer Contributions) Act 1933 | |
| Local Government Act 1933 | Consolidated earlier legislation in England and Wales |
| Local Government (Members' Travelling Expenses) Act 1937 | |
| Local Government (Hours of Poll) Act 1938 | |
| Local Government Amendment (Scotland) Act 1939 | |
| Local Government (Boundary Commission) Act 1945 | |
| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 | |
| Local Government Act 1948 | |
| Local Government Boundary Commission (Dissolution) Act 1949 | |
| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1951 | |
| Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953 | |
| Local Government (Street Works) (Scotland) Act 1956 | |
| Local Government Elections Act 1956 | |
| Local Government (Omnibus Shelters and Queue Barriers) (Scotland) Act 1958 | |
| Local Government Act 1958 | Initiated reviews of large urbanised areas, made provision for rural boroughs |
| Local Government (Records) Act 1962 | |
| Local Government (Development and Finance) (Scotland) Act 1964 | |
| Local Government (Pecuniary Interests) Act 1964 | |
| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 (Amendment) Act 1965 | |
| Local Government (Pecuniary Interests) (Scotland) Act 1966 | |
| Local Government Act 1966 | |
| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966 | |
| Local Government (Termination of Reviews) Act 1967 | Ended reviews started by the 1958 Act |
| Local Government (Footpaths and Open Spaces) (Scotland) Act 1970 | |
| Local Government Act 1972 | Created metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties in England and Wales |
| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 | |
| Local Government Act 1974 | |
| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 | |
| Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 | |
| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1978 | |
| Local Government Act 1978 | |
| Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 | |
| Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981 | |
| Local Government and Planning (Amendment) Act 1981 | |
| Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 | |
| Local Government Finance Act 1982 | Local authorities going above spending limits could have general grants removed |
| Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 | |
| Local Government (Interim Provisions) Act 1984 | |
| 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. |
| Local Government Act 1985 | Abolished the Greater London Council and the county councils of the metropolitan counties |
| Local Government Act 1986 | |
| Local Government Finance Act 1987 | |
| Local Government Act 1987 | |
| Local Government Act 1988 | Introduced the controversial Section 28 |
| Local Government and Housing Act 1989 | introduced the principle of 'politically restricted posts' and restricting the political activities of local authority employees. |
| Local Government Finance (Publicity for Auditors' Reports) Act 1991 | |
| Local Government Act 1992 | Made provision for the creation of unitary districts in England |
| Local Government (Overseas Assistance) Act 1993 | |
| Local Government (Amendment) Act 1993 | |
| Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 | Created current unitary structure in Wales |
| Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 | Created current unitary structure in Scotland |
| Local Government (Gaelic Names) (Scotland) Act 1997 | |
| Local Government and Rating Act 1997 | |
| Local Government (Contracts) Act 1997 | |
| Local Government Act 1999 | Requirement for most authorities in England and Wales to achieve 'best value' |
| 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. |
| Local Government Act 2003 | |
| Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 | |
| Local Government Act 2010 | |
| Local Government (Religious etc. Observances) Act 2015 |