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The Local Government Act 1972 section 101 says that a local authority can discharge its functions through a committee or any officer, and can transfer functions to another authority, while section 111 gives authorities the power to do any thing including spending or borrowing 'which is calculated to facilitate, or is conducive or incidental to ...
(London, Houses of Parliament. The Sun Shining through the Fog by Claude Monet, 1904). Parliament (from old French, parler, "to talk") is the UK's highest law-making body.. Although the British constitution is not codified, the Supreme Court recognises constitutional principles, [10] and constitutional statutes, [11] which shape the use of political power. There are at least four main ...
An Act to alter and amend an Act, intituled "An Act for providing in or near the Burgh of Cupar more extensive Accommodation for holding the Courts and Meetings of the Sheriff, Justices of the Peace, and Commissioners of Supply of the County of Fife; and for the Custody of the Records of the said County;" [c] and to authorize the Commissioners ...
An Act to make certain provision of a financial nature in connection with the assistance furnished to the United Kingdom in pursuance of the Act of the Congress of the United States of America known as the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, or any other Act of the Congress of the United States of America for amending or supplementing that Act or ...
An Act to make provision about the constitution, regulation, financial arrangements and functions of the Bank of England, including provision for the transfer of supervisory functions; to amend the Banking Act 1987 [d] in relation to the provision and disclosure of information; to make provision relating to appointments to the governing body of ...
An Act to bring certain works for making good war damage within the definition of development in the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947, [d] and the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act, 1947, [e] and within the Third Schedule to each of those Acts; and to extend the period limited by section twenty-three of the first-mentioned Act for ...
The number shown after each act's title is its chapter number. Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3. c.
An Act to renew the Term and continue the Powers of an Act passed in the First Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, [o] intituled "An Act to continue the Term and alter and enlarge the Powers of an Act of the Fortieth Year of His late Majesty's Reign, [p] for repairing the Road leading from the Turnpike Road in Witney to the ...