Local Government Act 1966 (c.42)

Local Government Act 1966

1966 c.42

An Act to make further provision, in relation to England and Wales, with respect to the payment of grants to local authorities, rating and valuation, the classification and lighting of highways and the powers of local authorities to place staff and facilities at the disposal of Ministers concerned with highways and to make payments offsetting the effect of the selective employment tax; to repeal or amend certain enactments relating to local licences and registrations; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

[13th December 1966]

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1	Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3
C2	Act: transfer of certain functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2 Sch. 1
Commencement Information
I1	Act partly in force at Royal Assent; Act wholly in force at 01.04.1967.

Part I

Grants

1 — 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F1	Ss. 1 – 5 repealed by Local Government Act 1974 (c. 7), ss. 1(8), 43(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I, Sch. 8

6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F2	S. 6 repealed by General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9), Sch. 14

Specific grants

7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F3	S. 7 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (c. 78), Sch. 25

8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F4	S. 8 repealed (subject to a saving in S.I. 1978/1583, art. 4 in relation to grants where at least one instalment was paid before 1.4.1979) by Local Government Act 1974 (c. 7), ss. 8(5), 43(2), Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 10, Sch. 8

9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F5	S. 9 repealed and superseded by Derelict Land Act 1982 (c. 42, SIF 46:4), (E.) ss. 1(2), (W.) 2(3), (E.W.) 2(3), Sch.

10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F6	S. 10 repealed by Local Government Act 1974 (c. 7), ss. 8(5), 43(2), Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 10, Sch. 8

[ F7 11.

Grants for certain expenditure due to ethnic minority population.

— ( 1 ) Subject to the provisions of this section the Secretary of State may pay, to local authorities who in his opinion are required to make special provision in the exercise of any of their functions in consequence of the presence within their areas of persons belonging to ethnic minorities whose language or customs differ from those of the rest of the community, grants of such amounts as he may with the consent of the Treasury determine on account of expenditure of such description ( being expenditure in respect of the employment of staff ) as he may so determine.

( 2 ) This section shall apply to [ F8 the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority ] [ F9 a police authority established under [ F10 section 3 of the Police Act 1996 ] [ F11 , the Metropolitan Police Authority ] and ] a joint authority established by Part IV of the Local Government Act 1985 as it applies to a local authority. ]

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F7	S. 11 substituted (20.9.1993, with effect as mentioned in s. 1(2) of the substituting Act) by 1993 c. 27, ss. 1(1)(2), 3(3).
F8	Words in s. 11(2) inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, ss. 328(8), Sch. 29 Pt. I para. 7 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/1094, art. 4
F9	Words in s. 11(2) inserted (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 29, s. 43, Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 3; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4(1), Sch. (with art. 4(2)-(8))
F10	Words in s. 11(2) substituted (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 16, ss. 103, 104(1), Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 1(2)(c)
F11	Words in s. 11(2) inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 325, Sch. 27 para. 19 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/1648, art. 2, Sch.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3	S. 11 extended (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 490, 583(2) (with ss. 1(4), 582(3), Sch. 39)

12, 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F12	Ss. 12, 13 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), Sch. Pt. VIII

14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F13	S. 14 repealed by Education Act 1980 (c. 20, SIF 41:1), s. 38(6), Sch. 7

15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F14	S. 15 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV

Part II

16 — 26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F15	Ss. 16 – 26 repealed by General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9), Sch. 14

Part III

27 — 34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F16	Pt. III (ss. 27 – 34) repealed by Highways Act 1980 (c. 66, SIF 59), s. 343(3), Sch. 25

Part IV

Miscellaneous and General

35.

Amendment of certain enactments relating to licences.

— (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17

(2) The enactments mentioned in the first column of Part II of Schedule 3 to this Act (which specify fees or maximum fees for licences, certificates or permits to which those enactments relate or for registration under those enactments) may be amended, by an order made by the Minister specified in relation to the enactment in question in the second column of the said Part II, so as to vary any sum specified by that enactment or so as to provide that any sum payable under that enactment shall cease to be so payable; and an order under this subsection may be limited to such cases as may be specified by the order and may make different provision for different cases specified by the order.

(3)(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F17	S. 35(1) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI
F18	S. 35(3)(4) repealed by Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), s. 141, Sch. 11 Pt. II
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4	S. 35: certain functions of Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under this enactment transferred by S.I. 1978/272, art. 2, Sch. 1
Subordinate Legislation Made
P1	S. 35: for previous exercises of this power see Index to Government Orders.
P2	S. 35(2): s. 35(2) (with s. 40(2) and Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 23) power exercised by S.I.1991/2175.

36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F19	S. 36 repealed by Local Government Act 1988 (c. 9, SIF 81:1), s. 41, Sch 7 Pt. IV

37. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F20

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F20	S. 37 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XII

38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F21

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F21	S. 38 repealed by General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9), Sch. 14

39.

Application of Act to Isles of Scilly.

The provisions of this Act shall have effect in relation to the Isles of Scilly subject to such modifications as the Minister may by order direct, . . . F22

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F22	Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XII

40.

Orders, regulations and rules.

— (1) Any power conferred on a Minister by this Act to make an order, . . . F23 shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

(2) An order under any provision of this Act, . . . F23 , may be revoked or varied by a subsequent order under that provision.

(3) Any statutory instrument containing . . . F23 an order under section . . . F24 , . . . F23 , 35 . . . F25 of this Act shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F23	Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV
F24	Figures repealed by General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9), Sch. 14
F25	Words repealed by Local Government Act 1988 (c. 9, SIF 81:1), s. 41, Sch. 7 Pt. IV
Subordinate Legislation Made
P3	S. 40: for previous exercises of this power see Index to Government Orders.
P4	S. 40(2): s. 35(2) (with s. 40(2) and Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 23) power exercised by S.I.1991/2175.

41.

Interpretation.

— (1) In this Act, except where the contrary intention appears, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say —

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F26

“ the Common Council ” means the Common Council of the City of London;

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F26

“ local authority ” means the council of a county, . . . F27 or county district, . . . F28 the council of a London borough [ F29 or county borough ] , the Common Council or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

“ the Minister ” means the Minister of Housing and Local Government;

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F30

(2)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F31

(4) References in this Act to any enactment are references to that enactment as amended by or under any subsequent enactment.

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F26	Definition repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV
F27	Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XII
F28	Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17
F29	Words in defintion of local authority in s. 41(1) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 27 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4
F30	Definition repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV
F31	S. 41(2)(3) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C5	Functions of Minister of Housing and Local Government now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.I. 1970/1681

42.

Expenses.

There shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament —

(a)

any sums required for the payment of grants under this Act or of other expenses of a Minister under this Act; and

(b)

any increase attributable to the provisions of this Act in the sums payable out of such moneys under any other Act.

43.

† Consequential amendments and repeals.

— (1) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 5 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified, being amendments consequential on provisions of this Act.

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F32

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F32	S. 43(2) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C6	Unreliable margin note

44.

Short title and extent.

— (1) This Act may be cited as the Local Government Act 1966.

(2) This Act shall not extend to Scotland or Nothern Ireland.

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1

. . . F33

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F33	Sch. 1 repealed by Local Government Act 1974 (c. 7), ss. 1(8), 43(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I, Sch. 8

SCHEDULE 2

. . . F34

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F34	Sch. 2 repealed by General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9), Sch. 14

SCHEDULE 3

Section 35.

Licences etc.

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C7	Sch. 3: certain functions of Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under this enactment transferred by S.I.1978/272, art. 2, Sch. 1

Part I

Enactments ceasing to have effect . . . F35

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F35	Sch. 3 Pt. I repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI

Part II

Variation of Fees for Licences, Registration etc.

	Enactments specifying fees	Relevant Minister
1.	Sections 2, 7 and 13 of the M1 Game Licences Act 1860.
2.	. . . F36
3.	. . . F37	The Treasury.
4.	Section 5 of the M2 Customs and Inland Revenue Act 1883.
5.	. . . F37
6.	. . . F38
7.	. . . F39
8.	Section 5 of the M3 Pedlars Act 1871.
9.	F40 . . .
10.	. . . F41
11.	. . . F42
12.	. . . F43	The Secretary of State.
13.	Section 5(1) of the M4 Official Secrets Act 1920.
14.	. . . F42
15.	. . . F44
16.	. . . F42	The Secretary of State.
17.	F40 . . .
18.	F40 . . .
19.	. . . F45
20.	F46 . . .
21.	. . . F47
22.	F48 . . .
23.	Paragraph 11 of Schedule 2, paragraph 12 of Schedule 3, . . . F49 . . . F50 to the M5 Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963.
24 — 26.	. . . F47
27.	. . . F51
28.	. . . F47
29.	. . . F52
30.	. . . F53
31.	. . . F54
32.	. . . F55

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F36	Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 2 repealed by Late Night Refreshment Houses Act 1969 (c. 53), Sch.
F37	Sch. 3 Pt. II paras. 3, 5 repealed by Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39), s. 192(4), Sch. 5
F38	Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 6 repealed by Theatres Act 1968 (c. 54), Sch. 3
F39	Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 7 repealed by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 194, Sch. 34 Pt. VI
F40	Sch. 3 Pt. II paras. 9, 17, 18 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt.VII.
F41	Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 10 repealed by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (c. 30, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 47, Sch. 7 Pt. I
F42	Sch. 3 Pt. II paras. 11, 14, 16 repealed by Local Government Act 1974 (c. 7), Sch. 8
F43	Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 12 repealed by Cinemas Act 1985 (c. 13, SIF 45A), ss. 24(2), 25, Sch. 3
F44	Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 15 repealed by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 194, Sch. 34 Pt. VI
F45	Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 19 repealed by Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27), Sch. 7
F46	Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 20 repealed (1.9.1992) by Charities Act 1992 (c. 41), s. 78(2), Sch. 7; S.I. 1992/1900, art. 2, Sch. 1 and Appendix thereto.
F47	Sch. 3 Pt. II paras. 21, 24 – 26, 28 repealed by Local Government Act 1974 (c. 7), Sch. 8
F48	Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 22 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VIII.
F49	Words repealed by virtue of Lotteries Act 1975 (c. 58, SIF 12:1), s. 20(3), s. 20, Sch. 4 para. 4 and Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (c. 32, SIF 12:1), s. 25, Sch. 5
F50	Words repealed by Lotteries Act 1975 (c. 58, SIF 12:1), s. 20, Sch. 5
F51	Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 27 repealed by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (c. 30, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 47, Sch. 7 Pt. I
F52	Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 29 repealed by Local Government Act 1988 (c. 9, SIF 81:1), s. 41, Sch. 7 Pt. IV
F53	Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 30 repealed by Nursing Homes Act 1975 (c. 37), s. 22, Sch. 3
F54	Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 31 repealed by Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), s. 30, Sch. 10 Pt. I
F55	Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 32 repealed by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 194, Sch. 34 Pt. VI
Marginal Citations
M1	1860 c. 90.
M2	1883 c. 10.
M3	1871 c. 96.
M4	1920 c. 75.
M5	1963 c. 2.

SCHEDULE 4

. . . F56

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F56	Sch. 4 repealed by General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9), Sch. 14

SCHEDULE 5

Section 43.

Consequential Amendments

1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F57

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F57	Sch. 5 para. 1 repealed by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 194, Sch. 34 Pt. XVI

2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F58

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F58	Sch. 5 para. 2 repealed by Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (c. 22, SIF 100:1), ss. 78, 79, Sch. 3

3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F59

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F59	Sch. 5 para. 3 repealed by General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9), Sch. 14

4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F60

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F60	Sch. 5 para. 4 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VIII

M6 The Town and Country Planning Act 1959

Annotations:
Marginal Citations
M6	1959 c. 53.

5. In section 57(1), in the definition of “ grant-aided function ” , for the words “ the Local Government Act 1958 ” there shall be substituted (in relation to the year 1967-68 and subsequent years) the words " section 1 of the Local Government Act 1966 " .

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C8	The text of Sch. 5 para. 5 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F61

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F61	Sch. 5 para. 6 repealed by Education (No. 2) Act 1986 (c. 61, SIF 41:1), ss. 66, 67(6), Sch. 6 Pt. I

7. In section 66(2) the reference to amounts payable to authorities by virtue of section 64 of that Act shall include reference to amounts payable to them in respect of the needs element.

8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F62

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F62	Sch. 5 para. 8 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VIII

SCHEDULE 6

. . . F63

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F63	Sch. 6 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI

Version no	Start date	End date	Extent	Confers power	Blanket amendment
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