Catalogue description Local Government Board and successors: Legal Department and successors: Local Authority Byelaws

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Reference: HLG 25
Title: Local Government Board and successors: Legal Department and successors: Local Authority Byelaws
Description:

Printed copies of local authority byelaws confirmed by the Local Government Board, 1872 to 1919, the Ministry of Health, 1919 to 1940 and the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, 1953 to 1969, bound for the use of the Legal Branch. Arranged, within each year, alphabetically by locality, covering the whole of England and Wales.

Date: 1872-1977
Related material:

See also HLG 58

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Local Government Board, 1871-1919

Ministry of Health, 1919-1968

Ministry of Housing and Local Government, 1951-1970

Physical description: 788 files and volumes
Access conditions: Open
Unpublished finding aids:

List of contents with series list

Administrative / biographical background:

Local Authorities were empowered to make byelaws or regulations under various statutes and covering a number of subjects. These byelaws or regulations had to be submitted to the Local Government Board and its successors to be confirmed and approved before becoming operative. The sealed copy was returned to the authority concerned and a copy retained in the Department to provide a comprehensive record.

The Annual Reports of the Local Government Board contain lists of Byelaws approved, the names of the local authorities concerned and the subject matter.

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