|
Function |
Powers & Duties |
Statutory Provisions |
|
Allotments
|
Powers to
provide allotments. Duty to provide allotment gardens if
demanded unsatisfied |
Small
Holding & Allotments Act 1908, ss. 23, 26, and 42 |
|
Baths and
Washhouses |
Power to
provide public baths and washhouses |
Public
Health At 1936, Ss 221, 222, 223 and 227 |
|
Burial
grounds, cemeteries and crematoria |
Power to
acquire and maintain
Power to
provide
Power to
agree to maintain monuments and memorials
Power to
contribute towards expenses of cemeteries |
Open Spaces
Act 1906, Ss 9 and 10; Local Government Act 1972, s. 214;
Parish Councils and Burial Authorities (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 1970, s. 1
Local
Government Act 1972, s. 215(6) |
|
Bus
Shelters |
Power to
provide and maintain shelters |
Local
Government (Miscellaneous Provision) Act 1953, s. 4 |
|
Bye Laws |
Power to
make bye-laws in regard to pleasure grounds
Cycle Parks
Baths
and Washhouses
Open
spaces and burial grounds
Mortuaries and post-mortem rooms |
Public
Health Act 1875, s. 164
Road
Traffic Regulation Act 1984, s.57(7)
Public
Health Act 1936, s.223
Open
Spaces Act 1906, s.15
Public
Health Act 1936, s.198 |
|
Clocks |
Power to
provide public clocks |
Parish
Councils Act 1957, s.2 |
|
Closed
Churchyards |
Powers as
to maintenance |
Local
Government Act 1972, s.215 |
|
Commons and
common pastures |
Powers in
relation to enclosure, as to regulation and management, and as
to providing common pasture |
Enclosure
Act 1845;
Local Government Act 1894, s.8(4);
Smallholdings and Allotments Act 1908, s.34 |
|
Conference
facilities |
Power to
provide and encourage the use of facilities |
Local
Government Act 1972, s.144 |
|
Community
centres |
Power to
provide and equip buildings for use of clubs having athletic,
social or educational objectives |
Local
Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 s.19 |
|
Crime
prevention |
Powers to
spend money on various crime prevention measures |
Local
Government and Rating Act 1997, s.31 |
|
Drainage |
Power to
deal with ponds and ditches |
Public
Health Act 1936, s.260 |
|
Education |
Right to
appoint school governors |
Education
(No.2) Act 1986, s.4 |
|
Entertainment and the arts |
Provision
of entertainment and support of the arts |
Local
Government Act 1972, s.145 |
|
Gifts |
Power to
accept |
Local
Government Act 1972, s.139 |
|
Highways |
Power to
repair and maintain public footpaths and bridle-ways
Power to
light roads and public places
Provision of litter bins
Power to
provide parking places for vehicles, bicycles and motor-cycles
Power to
enter into agreement as to dedication and widening
Power to
provide roadside seats and shelters, and omnibus shelters
Consent
of parish council required for ending maintenance of highway
at public expense, or for stopping up or diversion of highway
Power to
complain to district council as to protection of rights of way
and roadside wastes
Power to
provide traffic signs and other notices
Power to
plant trees etc. and to maintain roadside verges |
Highways
Act 1980, ss.43,50
Parish
Councils Act 1957, s.3;
Highways Act 1980, s.301
Litter
Act 1983, ss.5,6
Road
Traffic Regulation Act 1984, ss.57,63
Highways
Act 1980, ss.30,72
Parish
Councils Act 1957, s.1
Highways
Act 1980, ss.47,116
Highways
Act 1980, s.130
Road
Traffic Regulation Act 1984, s.72
Highways
Act 1980, s.96 |
|
Investments |
Power to
participate in schemes of collective investment |
Trustee
Investments Act 1961, s.11 |
|
Land
|
Power to
acquire by agreement, to appropriate, to dispose of
Power to
accept gifts of land |
Local
Government Act 1972, ss.124, 126, 127
Local
government Act 1972, s.139 |
|
Litter
|
Provision
of receptacles |
Litter Act
1983, ss.5,6 |
|
Lotteries |
Powers to
promote |
Lotteries
and Amusements Act 1976, s.7 |
|
Mortuaries
and post mortem rooms |
Powers to
provide mortuaries and post mortem rooms |
Public
Health Act 1936, s.198 |
|
Nuisances |
Power to
deal with offensive ditches |
Public
Health Act 1936, s.260 |
|
Open spaces |
Power to
acquire land and maintain |
Public
health Act 1875, s.164
Open Spaces Act 1906, ss.9 and 10 |
|
Parish
Property and documents |
Powers to
direct as to their custody |
Local
Government Act 1972, s.226 |
|
Public
buildings and village hall |
Power to
provide buildings for offices and for public meetings and
assemblies |
Local
Government Act 1972, s.133 |
|
Public
Conveniences |
Power to
provide |
Public
Health Act 1936, s.87 |
|
Recreation |
Power to
acquire land for or to provide recreation grounds, public
walks, pleasure grounds and open spaces and to manage and
control them
Power to
provide gymnasiums, playing fields, holiday camps
Provision of boating pools |
Public
Health Act 1875, s.164
Local Government Act 1972, Sched.14 para.27
Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1890 s.44
Open Spaces Act 1906, ss.9 and 10
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, s.19
Public
Health Act 1961, s.54 |
|
Town and
Country Planning |
Right to be
notified of planning applications |
Town and
Country Planning Act 1990, Sched.1, para.8 |
|
Tourism |
Power to
contribute to organisations encouraging |
Local
Government Act 1972, s.144 |
|
Traffic
Calming |
Powers to
contribute financially to traffic calming schemes |
Local
Government and Rating Act 1997, s.30 |
|
Transport |
Powers to
spend money on community transport schemes |
Local
Government and Rating Act 1997, s.26-29 |
|
War
memorials |
Power to
maintain, repairs, protect and adapt war memorials |
War
Memorials (Local Authorities' Powers) Act 1923, s.1; as
extended by Local Government Act 1948, s.133 |
|
Water
Supply |
Power to
utilise well, spring or stream and to provide facilities for
obtaining water there from |
Public
Health Act 1936, s.125 |
