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Accounts
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Duty to appoint a Responsible Financial Officer to
manage the council's accounts
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Local Government Act (LGA) 1972, section 151
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Acceptance of office
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Duty to sign declaration of acceptance of office
(councillors and chairman)
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LGA 1972, section 83
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Agency arrangements
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Power to arrange for the discharge of functions by
another local authority
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LGA 1972, section 101
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Allotments
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Power to provide allotments; duty to provide
allotment gardens if demand exists
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Smallholdings and Allotments Act 1908, subsections 23, 26
and 42
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Baths and washhouses
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Power to provide public baths and washhouses
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Public Health Act 1936, subsections 221–223, 227
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Borrowing
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Power to borrow money for statutory functions
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LGA 1972, Schedule 13
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Burial grounds, cemeteries and crematoria*
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Power to acquire and maintain
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Open Spaces Act 1906, subsections 9 and 10
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Power to provide
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LGA 1972, section 214
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Power to agree to maintain memorials and monuments
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Parish Councils and Burial Authorities (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 1970, section 1
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Power to contribute to expenses of maintaining
cemeteries
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LGA 1972, section 214(6)
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Bus shelters*
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Power to provide and maintain bus shelters
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Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953,
section 4
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Byelaws
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Power to make byelaws for public walks and pleasure
grounds
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Public Health Act 1875, section 164
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Power to make byelaws for cycle parks
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Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 57(7)
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Power to make byelaws for baths and washhouses
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Public Health Act 1936, section 233
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Power to make byelaws for open spaces and burial
grounds
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Open Spaces Act 1906, section 15
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Charities
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Power to appoint trustees of parochial charities
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Charities Act 1993, section 79
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Christmas lights
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Power to provide to attract visitors
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LGA 1972, section 144
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Citizens Advice Bureau
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Power to support
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LGA 1972, section 142
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Clocks*
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Power to provide public clocks
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Parish Councils Act 1957, section 2
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Closed churchyards
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Power (and sometimes duty) to maintain
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LGA 1972, section 215
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Commons and common pastures
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Powers in relation to enclosure, regulation and
management, and providing common pasture
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Inclosure Act 1845; Local Government Act 1894, section
8(4); Smallholdings and Allotments Act 1908, section 34
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Community centres
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Power to provide and equip community buildings
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LGA 1972, section 133
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Power to provide buildings for use of clubs having
athletic, social or educational objectives
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Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976,
section 19
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Conference facilities*
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Power to provide and encourage the use of
conference facilities
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LGA 1972, section 144
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Consultation
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Right to be consulted on planning applications
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Town and Country Planning Act 1990, Schedule 1, paragraph
8
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Crime prevention*
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Power to spend money on crime prevention measures
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Local Government and Rating Act 1997, section 31
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Drainage
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Power to deal with ditches and ponds
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Public Health Act 1936, section 260
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Entertainment and the arts*
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Power to provide entertainment and support for the
arts
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LGA 1972, section 145
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Flagpoles
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Power to erect flagpoles in highways
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Highways Act 1980, section 144
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Free resource
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Power to incur expenditure for certain purposes not
otherwise authorised
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LGA 1972, section 137
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Gifts
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Power to accept gifts
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LGA 1972, section 139
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Highways
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Powers to maintain footpaths and bridleways; to
light roads and public places; to provide litter bins; to plant trees and
maintain roadside verges
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Highways Act 1980; Parish Councils Act 1957, section 3;
Litter Act 1983, sections 5 and 6
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Interests
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Duty to declare an interest
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LGA 1972, section 94
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Investments
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Power to participate in collective investment
schemes
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Trustee Investments Act 1961, section 11
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Land
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Power to acquire, appropriate, dispose of land
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LGA 1972, sections 124, 126, 127
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Lighting
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Power to light roads and public places
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Parish Councils Act 1957, section 3; Highways Act 1980,
section 301
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Litter*
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Power to provide litter bins in streets and public
places
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Litter Act 1983, sections 5 and 6
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Lotteries
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Power to promote lotteries
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Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976, section 7
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Meetings
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Duty to hold annual parish meeting
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LGA 1972, Schedule 12, paragraph 23
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Duty to hold annual parish council meeting
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LGA 1972, Schedule 12, paragraph 7
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Power to convene a parish meeting
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LGA 1972, Schedule 12, paragraph 14
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Mortuaries and post-mortem rooms
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Power to provide mortuaries and post-mortem rooms
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Public Health Act 1936, section 198
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Newsletters
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Power to provide information relating to matters
affecting local government
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LGA 1972, section 142
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Nuisances*
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Power to deal with offensive ponds, ditches and
gutters
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Public Health Act 1936, section 260
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Open spaces
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Power to acquire and maintain open spaces
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Public Health Act 1875, section 164; Open Spaces Act 1906,
sections 9 and 10
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Parish documents
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Power to give directions as to custody of parish
documents
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LGA 1972, section 226
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Parking facilities
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Power to provide parking places for motor vehicles
and bicycles
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Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, sections 57 and 63
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Parks and pleasure grounds
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Power to acquire land or to provide recreation
grounds, public walks, pleasure grounds and open spaces and to manage and
control them
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Public Health Act 1875, section 164; LGA 1972, Schedule
14, paragraph 27; Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1890, section 44
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Public buildings and village halls
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Power to provide buildings for offices and for
public meetings and assemblies
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LGA 1972, section 133
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Public conveniences
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Power to provide public conveniences
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Public Health Act 1936, section 87
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Publicity
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Power to provide information about matters affecting
local government
|
LGA 1972, section 142
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Records
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Power to collect, exhibit and purchase local records
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Local Government (Records) Act 1962, subsections 1 and 2
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Recreation*
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Power to provide a wide range of recreational
facilities
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Open Spaces Act 1906, section 9-10; Local Government
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, section 19
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Provision of boating pools
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Public Health Act 1961, section 54
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Seats and shelters*
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Power to provide roadside seats and shelters
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Parish Councils Act 1957, section 1
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Town and Country planning
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Right to be notified of planning applications
|
Town and Country Planning Act 1990, paragraph 8 of
Schedule 1; paragraph 2 of Schedule 1A (Wales)
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Town status
|
Power to adopt town status
|
LGA 1972, subsections 245 and 245B
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Tourism*
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Power to contribute to encouragement of Tourism
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LGA 1972, section 144
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Traffic calming
|
Power to contribute to the cost of traffic calming
measures
|
Highways Act 1980, section 274A
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Transport*
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Power to (a) establish car-sharing schemes; (b) make
grants for bus services; (c) provide taxi-fare concessions; (d) investigate
public transport, road use needs; (e) provide information about public
transport services
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Local Government and Rating Act 1997, section 26;
Transport Act 1985, section 106A
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Village signs
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Power to use decorative signs to inform visitors
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LGA 1972, section 144
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Village greens*
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Power to maintain, to make bylaws for and to prosecute
for interference with village greens
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Open Spaces Act 1906, section 15; Inclosure Act 1857,
section 12; Commons Act 1876, section 29
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Village Halls*
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(see Community centres and Public buildings)
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War memorials
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Power to maintain, repair and protect war memorials
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War Memorials (Local Authorities Powers) Act 1923, section
1 as extended by LGA 1948, section 133
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Water supply
|
Power to utilise any well, spring or stream to provide facilities
for obtaining water from them
|
Public Health Act 1936, section 125
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