Local Government Legislation (Hansard, 3 November 1988)

§ 1988 Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

[holding answer 28 October 1988]: A considerable number of public general Acts, not all of them the responsibility of the Department of the Environment, have a direct application to local government. A list of the major Acts since 1979 is as set out:

Education Act (c. 49)
Weights and Measures Act (c. 45)

Education Act (c. 20)
Highways Act (c. 66)
Housing Act (c. 51)
Local Government Planning and Land Act (c. 65)

Disabled Persons Act (c. 43)
Education Act (c. 60)
Local Government and Planning (Amendment) Act (c. 41)
Town and Country Planning (Minerals) Act (c. 36)
Wildlife and Countryside Act (c. 69)
Zoo Licensing Act (c. 37)

Children's Homes Act (c. 20)
Derelict Land Act (c. 42)
Local Government Finance Act (c. 32)
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (c. 30)
Social Security and Housing Benefits Act (c. 24)

Local Authority (Expenditure Powers) Act (c. 52)
Water Act (c. 23)

Cycle Tracks Act (c. 38)
Education (Grants and Awards) Act (c. 11)
Housing and Building Control Act (c. 29)
Housing Defects Act (c. 50)
Local Government (Interim Provisions) Act (c. 53)
London Regional Transport Act (c. 32)
Rates Act (c. 33)

Further Education Act (c. 47)
Local Government (Access to Information) Act (c. 43)
Local Government Act (c. 51)
Mineral Workings Act (c. 12)
Social Security Act (c. 53)
Transport Act (c. 67)

Airports Act (c.31)
Education Act (c.40)
Education (Amendment) Act (c.1)
Housing and Planning Act (c.63)
Local Government Act (c.10)
Rate Support Grant Act (c.54)
Road Traffic Regulation (Parking) Act (c.27)

Access to Personal Files Act (c.37)
Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act (c.27)
Local Government Act (c.44)
Local Government Finance Act (c.6)
Rate Support Grants Act (c.5)
Teachers' Pay and Conditions Act (c.1)

Note: Consolidation Acts and Scottish Acts are not included in the above list.