War Memorials (Local Authorities’ Powers) Act 1923 (1923 c. 18)

1 Expenditure in maintenance, &c., of war memorials.

A local authority may incur reasonable expenditure in the maintenance, repair and protection of any war memorial within their district whether vested in them or not.

[F1] Words substituted by Local Government Act 1948 (c. 26), s. 133(1)

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[F2] S. 2 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch.29 para.45, Sch.30

3 Application.

The provisions of this Act shall not apply to a war memorial provided or maintained by a local authority in the exercise of any other statutory power.

4 Definition.

In this Act the expression “local authority” means the council of a county, . . . borough . . . district or parish, and the parish meeting of a rural parish with no parish council.

[F3] Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), s. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. XII

5 Short title.

This Act may be cited as the War Memorials (Local Authorities’ Powers) Act, 1923.