Function |
Powers & Duties |
Statutory Provision |
| Allotments |
Powers to provide
allotments
Duty to consider
providing allotment gardens if demand unsatisfied. |
Smallholdings & Allotments Act
1908, s.23 |
| Baths and wash houses |
Power to provide public baths and
wash houses |
Public Health Act 1936, ss.221,
222, 223 and 227 |
| Burial grounds, cemeteries and
crematoria |
Power to acquire, provide and
maintain
Power to agree to maintain monuments and memorials Power to
contribute towards expenses of cemeteries |
Open
Spaces Act 1906, ss9 and 10
Parish Councils and Burial Authorities (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Act 1970, s1.
Local Government Act 1972, s.214 |
| Bus
shelters |
Power to provide and maintain
shelters |
Local Government (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 1952, s.4
Parish Councils Act 1957,3 s.1 |
| Bye
laws |
Power to provide bye laws for:
Pleasure grounds
Cycle parks
Baths and wash houses
Open spaces and burial grounds |
Public Health Act
1975, s.164
Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, s.57(7)
Public Health Act 1936, s.223
Open Spaces Act 1906, s.15 |
| Charities |
Duties regarding parochial
charities |
Charities Act 1993 s.79 |
| Christmas lights |
Power to provide to attract
visitors |
Local Government Act 1972
s.144 |
| Citizens Advice Bureau |
Power to support |
Local Government Act 1972,
s.142 |
| Clocks |
Power to provide public
locks |
Parish Councils Act 1957,
s.2 |
| Closed churchyards |
Powers to maintain |
Local Government Act 1972,
s.215 |
| Commons and common
pastures |
Powers in relation to enclosure,
regulation and management, and provide common pasture |
Inclosure Act 1945
Local
Government Act 1894, s.8(4)
Smallholdings and Allotments Act 19908,
s.34 |
| Conference facilities |
Power to provide and encourage the
use of facilities |
Local Government Act 1972,
ss.144 |
| Community centres |
Power to provide and equip
community buildings
Power to provide buildings for use of clubs having
athletic, social or educational objectives |
Local Government Act 1972,
s.133
Local Government (Miscellasneous 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 |
| Entertainment and the arts |
Provision of entertainment and support of the arts
including festivals and celebrations |
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
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
Power to complain to district councils
regarding protection of rights of way and roadside waste
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
Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, s.57
Highways Act
1980, s.30
Parish Councils Act 1957, s.1
Highways Act 1980, s.130
(6)
Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, s.72
Highways Act 1980,
s.96 |
| Investments |
Power to participate in schemes of collective
investment |
Trustee 1961, s.11 |
| Land |
Power to acquire by agreement, to appropriate, to
dispose of land
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 Amusement Act 1976, s.7 |
| Mortuaries and post mortem rooms |
Powers to provide mortuaries and post mortem
rooms |
Public Health Act 1936, s.198 |
| Newsletters |
Power to provide information relating to matters
affecting local government |
Local Government Act 1972, s.142 |
| Nuisances |
Power to deal with offensive ditches |
Public Health Act 1936, s.260
Public Health Act
1875, s.164 |
| Open spaces |
Power to acquire land and maintain |
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 |
| Postal and telecommunications facilities |
Power to pay public telecommunications operators any
loss sustained providing post or telegraph office or telecommunication
facilities |
Post Office Act 1953, s.51 telecommunications Act
1984, s.97 |
| Public buildings and village all |
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 |
| Parks, pleasure grounds |
Power to acquire land or to provide recreation
grounds, public walks, pleasure grounds and open spaces and to manage and
control them |
Public Health Act 1975, 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 |
| Recreation |
Power to provide a wide range of recreational
facilities
Provision of boating pools |
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
tourism |
Local Government Act 1972, s.144 |
| Traffic calming |
Powers to contribute financially to traffic calming
schemes |
Local Government and Rating Act 1997, s.26 |
| Transport |
Powers to spend money on community transport
schemes |
Local Government and Rating Act 1997, s.26-29 |
| Village signs |
Power to use decorative signs to inform visitors |
Local Government Act 1972, s.144 |
| 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 use well, spring or stream and to provide
facilities for obtaining water therefrom |
Public Health Act 1936, s.125 |