Local Government Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Ireland and the United Kingdom, relating to local government.
The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Local Government Bill during its passage through Parliament.
Local Government Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to local government.
Local Government Act 1993 (New South Wales)[1]Queensland
Local Government Act 1993 (Queensland)Local Government Act 2009 (Queensland)[2]Local Government Act 1934Local Government (Forestry Reserves) Act 1944Local Government Finance Authority Act 1983Local Government Act 1999 (South Australia) [3]Local Government (Elections) Act 1999Local Government (Implementation) Act 1999Local Government Act 1993 (Tasmania)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. 3720Local Government Act 1946 No. 5203.Local Government Act 1958 No. 6299.Local Government Act 1989 No. 11 of 1989. The current legislationMany 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.
Local Government Act 1995The Local Government Act 1976New Zealand
The Local Government Act 1974The Local Government Act 2002The Local Government (Rating) Act 2002The Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987(and others starting with the same two words)Ireland
The Local Government Act 1925The Local Government Act 1927The Local Government Act 1931The Local Government Act 1933The Local Government Act 1936The Local Government Act 1941The Local Government Act 1955The Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985The Local Government Act 1991The Local Government Act 1994The Local Government Act 1998The Local Government Act 2001The 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 (Northern Ireland) 1921The Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1922The Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1969The Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971The Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972Northern Ireland Assembly
The Local Government (Best Value) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002The Scottish Local Government (Elections) Act 2002The Local Government in Scotland Act 2003The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004