Local Government Act

List

Australia

New South Wales

Main article: Local government in New South Wales

• Local Government Act 1906
• Local Government Act 1919
• Local Government Act 1993

Local government in NSW was first established by the Local Government (Shires) Act 1905 which enabled the state governor to divide the state into shires and ridings. This was consolidated by the 1906 Act, and further consolidated by the 1919 one, which also brought the City of Sydney under its umbrella, that had theretofore been controlled by the Sydney City Incorporation Act 1842. The 1993 Act repealed the earlier ones and replaced them.

Queensland

Main article: Local government in Queensland

• Local Government Act 1993 (Queensland)
• Local Government Act 2009 (Queensland)

South Australia

• Local Government Act 1934
• Local Government (Forestry Reserves) Act 1944
• Local Government Finance Authority Act 1983
• Local Government Act 1999 (South Australia)
• Local Government (Elections) Act 1999
• Local Government (Implementation) Act 1999

Tasmania

• Local Government Act 1993 (Tasmania)

Victoria

Main article: Local government in Victoria

• Local Government Act 1874 No. 506. The first so-called.
• Local Government Act 1890 No. 1112.
• Local Government Act 1903 No. 1893.
• Local Government Act 1915 No. 2686.
• Local Government Act 1928 No. 3720
• Local Government Act 1946 No. 5203.
• Local Government Act 1958 No. 6299.
• Local Government Act 1989 No. 11 of 1989. The current legislation

Many other acts entitled "Local Government Act" have been passed—as well as even more of the form Local Government (Specific Matter) Act—but these are the major ones which define the terms in which the others operate or alter. All but the last have had the long titles "An act to consolidate the Law(s) relating to Local Government". Additional acts concerning local government in the early days of the colony did not have short titles.

Western Australia

• Local Government Act 1995

Canada

British Columbia

• Local Government Act

Malaysia

• The Local Government Act 1976

New Zealand

• The Local Government Act 1974
• The Local Government Act 2002
• The Local Government (Rating) Act 2002
• The Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
• The Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009
• The Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Act 2010
• The Local Government Borrowing Act 2011
• The Local Government (Water Services Preliminary Arrangements) Act 2024

Ireland

• The Local Government Act 1925
• The Local Government Act 1927
• The Local Government Act 1931
• The Local Government Act 1933
• The Local Government Act 1936
• The Local Government Act 1941
• The Local Government Act 1955
• The Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985
• The Local Government Act 1991
• The Local Government Act 1994
• The Local Government Act 1998
• The Local Government Act 2000
• The Local Government Act 2001
• The Local Government Reform Act 2014
• The Local Government Act 2019

United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

The following list of acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom only includes public general acts, and so does not include any of the numerous "provisional order confirmation acts"

Parliament of Northern Ireland

• The Local Government (Emergency Powers) Act 1921 (N.I.) (12 Geo. 5. c. 5 (N.I.))
• The Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1922 (12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 16 (N.I.)
• The Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 34 (N.I.))
• The Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 (c. 9 (N.I.))
• The Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (c. 9 (N.I.))

Northern Ireland Assembly

• The Local Government (Best Value) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 4 (N.I.))
• The Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 7 (N.I.))
• The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 7 (N.I.))
• The Local Government Finance Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 10 (N.I.))
• The Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 8 (N.I.))
• The Local Government (Meetings and Performance) Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 (c. 8 (N.I.))

Senedd Cymru

• The Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009 (nawm 2)
• The Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 4)
• The Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013 (anaw 4) was originally known as the 'Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013'
• The Local Government (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 6)
• The Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1)
• The Local Government Finance (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 6)

Scottish Parliament

• The Scottish Local Government (Elections) Act 2002 (asp 1)
• The Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (asp 1)
• The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 9)
• The Scottish Local Government (Elections) Act 2009 (asp 10)
• The Local Government Finance (Unoccupied Properties etc.) (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 11)
• The Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Foreign Nationals) Act 2022 (asp 4)

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