Local Government Act 1894

Part IIE+W Guardians and District Councils

20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1E+W

21 Names of county districts and district councils.E+W

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2,—

(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

(3)In this [F4and every other] Act of Parliament, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression “district council” shall include the council of every urban district, whether a borough or not, and of every rural district, and the expression “county district” shall include every urban and rural district whether a borough or not.

22—24.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5E+W

25†Powers of district council with respect to sanitary and highway matters.E+W

(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6

(2)(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

(5)(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9

(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10

26†Duties and powers of district council as to rights of way, rights of common, and roadside wastes.E+W

(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11

(2)A district council may with the consent of the county council for the county within which any common land is situate aid persons in maintaining rights of common where, in the opinion of the council, the extinction of such rights would be prejudicial to the inhabitants of the district; F12...

(3)A district council may, for the purpose of carrying into effect this section, institute or defend any legal proceedings, and generally take such steps as they deem expedient.

(4)—(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11

F13(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

27 Transfer of certain powers of justices to district councils.E+W

(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14 the powers, duties, and liabilities of justices out of session in relation to any of the matters following, that is to say,—

(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15

(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16

F17(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18

(e)the abolition of fairs and alteration of days for holding fairs;

(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18

when arising within a county district, shall be transferred to the district council of the district.

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19

(3)All fees payable in respect of the powers, duties, and liabilities transferred by this section shall be payable to the district council.

28, 29.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F20E+W

30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F21E+W

31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F22E+W

32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F23E+W

33. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F24E+W

34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F25E+W

35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F26E+W