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Allotments
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Powers to provide allotments
Duty
to provide allotment gardens if demand
unsatisfied
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Small Holdings Act 1908
ss23,26 &
42
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Archives
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Power to make records held available
to the public and to support local archives
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Local Government Records Act 1962
ss1 & 4
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Baths and
Washouses
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Power to provide public baths and washhouses
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Public Health Act 1936
ss221, 222,
223 & 227
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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 ss9 & 10
Local
Government Act 1972 s214
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Power to provide
Power to agree to
maintain monuments and memorials
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Parish Councils and Burial Authorities
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1970
s1
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Power to contribute towards expenses
of cemeteries
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Local Government Act 1972 s214 (6)
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Bus Shelters
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Power to provide and maintain shelters
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Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Act 1953 s4
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Bye Laws
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Powers to make Bye Laws in regards
to pleasure grounds
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Public Health Act 1875 s164
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Cycle Parks
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Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984
s57
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Baths and Washhouses
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Public Health Act 1936 s223
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Open Spaces and Burial Grounds
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Open Spaces Act 1906 ss12 & 15
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Mortuaries and Post-Mortem Rooms
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Public Health Act 1936 c198
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Car Sharing Schemes
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Power to establish, maintain and
assist others
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Local Government and Rating Act 1997
s26
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Charities
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Duty to receive accounts of parochial
charities
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Charities Act 1960 s32
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Clocks
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Power to provide public clocks
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Parish Councils Act 1957 s2
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Closed Churchyards
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Powers as to maintenance
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Local Government Act 1972 s215
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Commons and Common Pastures
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Powers in relation to inclosure,
as to regulation and management, and
as to providing common pasture
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Inclosure Act 1845;
Local Government
Act 1894 s8(4);
Smallholdings & Allotmentst
Act 1908 s34;
Commons Act 1899
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Conference Facilities
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Power to provide and encourage the
use of facilities
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Local Government Act 1972 s144
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Community Centres
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Power to provide and equip buildings
for use of clubs having athletic, social
or educational objectives
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Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Act 1976 s19
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Crime Prevention
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Powers to spend money on various
crime prevention measures
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Local Government and Rating Act 1997
s31
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Delegated Functions
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Power to assume a function delegated
by another authority
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Local Government Act 1972
ss101,
111 & 112
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Power to ensure effective discharge
of Council functions
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ditto
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Power to employ persons to carry
out Council functions
|
ditto
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Power to deal with ponds/ditches,
agreements with landowners and with
English Nature to manage Council-owned
reserve land as a nature reserve
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Public Health Act 1936 s260
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Legal Proceedings
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Power to prosecute or defend
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Local Government Act 1972 s222
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Listed Buildings
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Power to contribute to the preservation
of historic buildings
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Essex Act 1987 s48
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Litter
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Provision of receptacles
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Litter Act 1983 ss5.6
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Lotteries
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Power to promote
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Lotteries & Amusements Act 1976
s7
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Nuisances
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Power to deal with offensive ditches
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Public Health Act 1936 s260
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Open Spaces
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Power to acquire land and maintain
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Public Health Act 1975 s164; Open
Spaces Act 1906 ss9 & 10; Commons
Act 1899
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Parish Property and Records
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Powers to direct as to their custody
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Local Government Act 1972 s226
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Planning
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Right to be notified of and power
to respond to planning applications
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Town & Country Planning Act 1990
s1 ss8;
Local Government Act 1972
s15 ss20
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Postal and telecommunications facilities
|
Power to pay the Post Office, British
Telecommunications or any other public
telecommunications operator any loss
sustained in providing post or telegraph
office or telecommunications facilities
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Post Office Cat 1953 s51;
Telecommunications
Act 1984 s97
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Public Buildings and Village Halls
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Power to provide
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Public Health Act 1936 s87
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Public Conveniences
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Power to provide
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ditto
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Public Enquiries
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Power to make representations at
public enquiries
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Local Government Act 1982 s222
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Publicise Functions
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Powers to publicise council and local
authority functions
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Local Government Act 1982 s142
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Raising of Finances
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Power to raise money through the
precept
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Local Government Act 1982 s150
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Recreation
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Power to acquire land for or to provide
receation grounds, public walks, pleasure
grounds and open spaces and to manage
and control them
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Public Health Act 1875 s164; Local
Government Act 1972 s14 ss27; Public
Health Acts Ammendents Acts 1890 s44;
Open Spaces Act 1906 ss9 & 10; Local
Government (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Act 1976 s19; Commons Act 1899
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Power to provide gymnasiums, playing
fields and holiday camps
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ditto
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Provision of boating pools
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Public Health Act 1961 s54
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Taxi Fare Concessions
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Power to reimburse operator
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Local Government and Rating Act 1997
s28
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Tourism
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Power to contribute to organisations
encouraging
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Local Government Act 1972 s144
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Transport and Traffic
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Power to conduct surveys to establish
the transport needs of the community,
the use of and need for roads and the
management and control of traffic
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Local Government and Rating Act 1997
s29
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Power to collect and disseminate
passenger transport information and
make grants for bus services
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Local Government and Rating Act 1997
s29 (2) 27
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Powers to contribute financially
to traffic calming schemes
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Local Government and Rating
Act 1997 s26
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Training
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Powers to train Councillors
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Local Government Act 1972 s175
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Transport
|
Powers to spend money on community
transport schemes
|
Local Government and Rating Act 1997
ss26-29
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War Memorials
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Power to maintain, repair and adapt
war memorials
|
War Memorials (Local Authorities
Powers) Act 1923 s1; as extended by
Local Government Act 1948 s123
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Water Supply
|
Powers to utilise well, spring or
stream and to provide facilities for
obtaining water there from
|
Public Health Act 1936 s125
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