Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929

Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to transfer to county councils and to the town councils of certain burghs in Scotland functions of existing local authorities relating to poor relief, lunacy and mental deficiency, education, public health, and other matters; to amend the law relating to local government in Scotland; to extend the application of the Rating and Valuation (Apportionment) Act, 1928, to lands and heritages in which no persons are employed, to net and cruive salmon fishings and to minerals let but unworked; to grant relief from rates in the case of the lands and heritages in Scotland to which that Act applies; to discontinue grants from the Exchequer for certain purposes in Scotland and to provide other grants in lieu thereof; and for purposes consequential on the matters aforesaid.
Citation	19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 25
Territorial extent	Scotland
Dates
Royal assent	10 May 1929
Commencement	16 May 1930
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes	Commissioners of Supply (Scotland) Act 1856 Commissioners of Supply (Scotland) Act 1857 Education and Local Taxation Account (Scotland) Act 1892 Agricultural Rates Congested Districts and Burgh Land Tax Relief (Scotland) Act 1896 Parish Councils Casual Vacancies (Scotland) Act 1897 Local Taxation Account (Scotland) Act 1898
Repealed by	Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947
Status: Partially repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 25) reorganised local government in Scotland from 1930, introducing joint county councils, large and small burghs and district councils. The Act also abolished the Scottish poor law system with institutions passing to the local authorities.^[1]

The Act was drafted by Walter Elliot, the Unionist (Conservative) politician who became later (1936) Secretary of State for Scotland.^[2]