Municipal Corporations Act 1882

Municipal Corporations Act 1882
The Municipal Corporations Act 1882

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title An Act for consolidating, with Amendments, enactments relating to Municipal Corporations in England and Wales.
Statute book chapter 45 & 46 Vict. c.50
Territorial extent England and Wales
Dates
Royal Assent 18 August 1882
Other legislation
Repealing legislation Local Government Act 1933
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Official text of the statute as amended and in force today within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database

The Municipal Corporations Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c.50) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaced existing legislation governing municipal boroughs in England and Wales, and gave the corporations powers to make byelaws and to acquire land and buildings.[1] Municipal boroughs continued to be regulated by the Act until their abolition in 1974. Parts of the Act are still in operation.

Contents

Charters and schemes

The Act allowed inhabitant householders of a town to petition the privy council seeking a charter of incorporation as a borough.[2] Where the petition was successful, a committee of the privy council drew up a "scheme" which described in detail the area of the borough, and the property, powers and duties transferred from existing local authorities such as local boards, sanitary authorities or highway boards.[3] The scheme, together with the charter, described the date of first elections, appointed a returning officer and divided the borough into wards. If one twentieth of the owners or rate payers of the proposed borough objected to the scheme, a local act of parliament had to be passed to bring the borough into existence.[3]

Byelaws

Section 23 of the Act, boroughs were empowered to make byelaws "as to them seem meet for the good rule and government of the Borough, and for the prevention and suppression of nuisances not already punishable in a summary manner by virtue of any act in force throughout the Borough, and may thereby appoint such fines, not exceeding in any case £5, as they may deem necessary for prevention and suppression of offences against the same".[4] Such byelaws gave considerable power to the borough corporation to exert control over various activities and nuisances. Many byelaws made under the 1882 act are still in force, the powers conferred by them now being exercised by the modern local authorities that replaced the municipal boroughs under local government reorganisation.

Buildings and land

The Act allowed corporations to acquire land and buildings for the administration of the borough.[5] Money could be borrowed to construct town halls, council houses, police stations, judges' lodgings and other buildings required for the conduct of the corporation's business.[6] The maximum term allowed for repayment of such a loan was 30 years, boroughs needing to obtain private acts of parliament to extend the payment period.[7] The corporation could not dispose of land or buildings without the permission of the Local Government Board.[7]

Consolidation of existing legislation

The Act incorporated the various amendments to the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 and several other pieces of legislation. Among these were the Municipal Franchise Act 1869, which gave the vote to women ratepayers, and the Corrupt Practices (Municipal Elections) Act 1872.[8]

See also

Boroughs incorporated in England and Wales 1882 - 1974

References

  1. ^ Shaw, Albert (June 1889). "Municipal Government in Great Britain". Political Science Quarterly (The Academy of Political Science) 4 (2): 197–229. doi:10.2307/2139337. JSTOR 2139337. 
  2. ^ Municipal Corporations Act 1882 c.50, s.210
  3. ^ a b Municipal Corporations Act 1882 c.50, s.213
  4. ^ Municipal Corporations Act 1882 c.50, s.23
  5. ^ Municipal Corporations Act 1882 c.50, s.105
  6. ^ Municipal Corporations Act 1882 c.50, s.106
  7. ^ a b Municipal Corporations Act 1882 c.50, s.108
  8. ^ Municipal Corporations Act 1882 c.50, sch.1

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