Local Government Act
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.
List
Australia
New South Wales
Local government in NSW was first established by the Local Government (Shires) Act 1905 which enabled the state governor to divide the state into shires and ridings.[1] This was consolidated by the 1906 Act, and further consolidated by the 1919 one, which also brought the City of Sydney under its umbrella, that had theretofore been controlled by the Sydney City Incorporation Act 1842.[1] The 1993 Act repealed the earlier ones and replaced them.[1]
Queensland
South Australia
- Local Government Act 1934
- Local Government (Forestry Reserves) Act 1944
- Local Government Finance Authority Act 1983
- Local Government Act 1999 (South Australia)
- Local Government (Elections) Act 1999
- Local Government (Implementation) Act 1999
Tasmania
Victoria
- Local Government Act 1874 No. 506. The first so-called.
- Local Government Act 1890 No. 1112.
- Local Government Act 1903 No. 1893.
- Local Government Act 1915 No. 2686.
- Local Government Act 1928 No. 3720
- Local Government Act 1946 No. 5203.
- Local Government Act 1958 No. 6299.
- Local Government Act 1989 No. 11 of 1989. The current legislation
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.[citation needed]
Western Australia
Canada
British Columbia
- Local Government Act
Malaysia
New Zealand
- The Local Government Act 1974
- The Local Government Act 2002
- The Local Government (Rating) Act 2002
- The Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
- The Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009
- The Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Act 2010
- The Local Government Borrowing Act 2011
- The Local Government (Water Services Preliminary Arrangements) Act 2024
Ireland
- The Local Government Act 1925
- The Local Government Act 1927
- The Local Government Act 1931
- The Local Government Act 1933
- The Local Government Act 1936
- The Local Government Act 1941
- The Local Government Act 1955
- The Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985
- The Local Government Act 1991
- The Local Government Act 1994
- The Local Government Act 1998
- The Local Government Act 2000
- The Local Government Act 2001
- The Local Government Reform Act 2014
- The Local Government Act 2019
United Kingdom
Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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"
Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland
- The Local Government (Emergency Powers) Act 1921 (N.I.) (12 Geo. 5. c. 5 (N.I.))
- The Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1922 (12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 16 (N.I.)
- The Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 34 (N.I.))
- The Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 (c. 9 (N.I.))
- The Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (c. 9 (N.I.))
Orders in Council for Northern Ireland
- The Local Government (Postponement of Elections and Reorganisation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1972
- The Local Government &c. (Northern Ireland) Order 1972
- The Local Government (Reduction of General Grant) (Northern Ireland) Order 1975
- The Department of Housing, Local Government and Planning (Dissolution) (Northern Ireland) Order 1976
- The Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978
- The Local Government, Planning and Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1981
- The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1985
- The Local Government (Temporary Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1986
- The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992
- The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1995
- The Local Government (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998
- The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2002
- The Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 2005
- The Local Government (Boundaries) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006
Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly
- The Local Government (Best Value) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 4 (N.I.))
- The Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 7 (N.I.))
- The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 7 (N.I.))
- The Local Government Finance Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 10 (N.I.))
- The Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 8 (N.I.))
- The Local Government (Meetings and Performance) Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 (c. 8 (N.I.))
Acts of Senedd Cymru
- The Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009 (nawm 2)
- The Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 4)
- The Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013 (anaw 4) was originally known as the 'Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013'
- The Local Government (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 6)
- The Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1)
- The Local Government Finance (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 6)
Acts of the Scottish Parliament
- The Scottish Local Government (Elections) Act 2002 (asp 1)
- The Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (asp 1)
- The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 9)
- The Scottish Local Government (Elections) Act 2009 (asp 10)
- The Local Government Finance (Unoccupied Properties etc.) (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 11)
- The Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Foreign Nationals) Act 2022 (asp 4)
References
- ^ a b c Twomey 2004, p. 33.
Bibliography
- Twomey, Anne (2004). The Constitution of New South Wales. NSW Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government. Federation Press. ISBN 9781862875166.