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 in NSW was first established by the Local Government (Shires) Act 1905 which enabled the state governor to divide the state into shires and ridings. This was consolidated by the 1906 Act, and further consolidated by the 1919 one, which also brought the City of Sydney under its umbrella, that had theretofore been controlled by the Sydney City Incorporation Act 1842. The 1993 Act repealed the earlier ones and replaced them.
Many other acts entitled "Local Government Act" have been passedâÂÂas well as even more of the form Local Government (Specific Matter) ActâÂÂbut 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.
The 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"