|
Function |
Powers and
Duties |
Statutory
Provision |
| Allotments |
Powers to provide allotments
Duty to consider providing allotment gardens
if demand unsatisfied |
Smallholdings and Allotments
Act 1908 Section 23 |
| Baths and wash houses |
Power to provide public baths
and wash houses |
Public Health Act 1936
Sections 2221, 222, 223, 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 Sections
9 and 10 Parish Councils and Burial
Authorities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1970 Section 1 |
| Bus Shelters |
Power to provide and maintain
shelters |
Local Government
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953 Section 4
Parish Councils Act 1957 Section 1 |
| Bye laws |
Power to provide bye laws
for:- |
|
| Pleasure grounds |
Public Health Act 1875 Section
164 |
| Cycle parks |
Road Traffic Regulation Act
1984 Section 57 (7) |
| Baths and wash houses |
Public Health Act 1936 Section
223 |
| Open spaces and burial grounds |
Open Spaces Act 1906 Section
15 |
| Charities |
Duties regarding parochial
charities |
Open Spaces Act 1906 Section
15 |
| Christmas Lights |
Power to provide to attract
visitors |
Local Government Act 1972
Section 144 |
| Citizens Advice Bureau |
Power to support |
Local Government Act 1972
Section 142 |
| Clocks |
Power to provide public clocks |
Parish Councils Act 1957
Section 2 |
| Closed churchyards |
Powers to maintain |
Local Government Act 1972
Section 215 |
| Commons and common pastures |
Powers in relation to
enclosure, regulation and management and providing common pasture |
Inclosure Act 1845
Local Government Act 1894 Section 8(4)
Smallholdings and Allotments Act 1908
Section 34 |
| Conference facilities |
Power to provide and encourage
the use of facilities |
Local Government Act 1972
Section 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
Section 133 Local Government
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 Section 19 |
| Crime prevention |
Powers to spend money on
various crime prevention measures |
Local Government and Rating
Act 1997 Section 31 |
| Drainage |
Power to deal with ponds and
ditches |
Public Health Act 1936 Section
260 |
| Entertainment and the Arts |
Provision of entertainment and
support of the arts including festivals and celebrations |
Local Government Act 1972
Section 145 |
| Gifts |
Power to accept |
Local Government Act 1972
Section 139 |
| Highways |
Powers to repair and maintain
public footpaths and bridleways |
Highways Act 1980
Sections 43 and 50 |
| Power to light roads and
public places |
Parish Councils Act 1957
Section 3 |
| Power to provide parking
places for vehicles, bicycles and motor cycles |
Road Traffic Regulation Act
1984 Section 57 |
| Power to enter into agreement
as to dedication and widening |
Highways Act 1980 Section 30 |
| Powers to provide roadside
seats |
Parish Councils Act 1957
Section 1 |
| Power to complain to district
councils regarding protection of rights of way and roadside wastes |
Highways Act 1980 Section 130 |
| Power to provide traffic signs
and other notices |
Road Traffic Regulation Act
1984 Section 72 |
| Power to plant trees etc. and
to maintain roadside verges |
Highways Act 1980 Section 96 |
| Investments |
Power to participate in
schemes for collective treatment |
Trustee 1961 Section 11 |
| Land |
Power to acquire by agreement,
to appropriate, to dispose of land |
Local Government Act 1972
Sections 124, 126, 127 |
| Power to accept gifts of land |
Local Government Act 1972
Section 139 |
| Litter |
Provision to provide
receptacles |
Litter Act 1963 Sections 5 and
6 |
| Lotteries |
Powers to promote |
Lotteries and Amusement Act
1976 Section 7 |
| Mortuaries and post mortem
rooms |
Powers to provide mortuaries
and post mortem rooms |
Public Health Act 1936 Section
198 |
| Newsletters |
Power to provide information
relating to matters affecting local government |
Local Government Act 1972
Section 142 |
| Nuisances |
Power to deal with offensive
ditches |
Public Health Act 1936 Section
260 Public Health Act 1875 Section
164 |
| Open spaces |
Power to acquire land and
maintain |
Open Spaces Act 1906 Sections
9 and 10 |
| Parish property and documents |
Powers to direct as to their
custody |
Local Government Act 1972
Section 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 Section
51 Telecommunications Act 1984
Section 97 |
| Public buildings and village
halls |
Power to provide buildings for
offices and public meetings and assemblies |
Local Government Act 1972
Section 133 |
| Public conveniences |
Power to provide |
Public Health Act 1936 Section
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 1875 Section
164 (Local Government Act 1972 Schedule 14 para 27)
Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1890 Section
44
Open Spaces Act 1906 Sections 9 and 10 |
| Recreation |
Power to provide a wide range
of recreational facilities |
Local Government
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 Section 19 |
| Provision of boating pools |
Public Health Act 1961 Section
54 |
| Town and Country Planning |
Right to be notified of
planning applications |
Town and Country Planning Act
1990 Schedule 1 para 8 |
| Tourism |
Power to contribute to
organisations encouraging tourism |
Local Government Act 1972
Section 144 |
| Traffic Calming |
Powers to contribute
financially to traffic calming schemes |
Local Government and Rating
Act 1997 Section 26 |
| Transport |
Powers to spend money on
community transport schemes |
Local Government and Rating
Act 1997 Sections 26 - 29 |
| Village Signs |
Power to use decorative signs
to inform visitors |
Local Government Act 1972
Section 144 |
| War Memorials |
Power to maintain, repairs,
protect and adapt war memorials |
War Memorials (Local
Authorities' Powers) Act 1923, Section 1 as extended by Local Government Act
1948 Section 133 |
| Water supply |
Power to use well, spring or
stream and to provide facilities for obtaining water therefrom |
Public Health Act 1936 Section
125 |