Local Government Act 1985

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Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom United Kingdom statute

The Local Government Act 1985 is a UK law that abolished the Greater London Council and metropolitan county councils, significantly restructuring local government in England.

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Label	Occurrences
Local Government Act 1985 canonical	6

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom statute ⓘ
abolished	Greater London Council ⓘ metropolitan county councils ⓘ
appliesTo	Greater London ⓘ metropolitan counties in England ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
created	joint authorities for certain functions ⓘ
effect	abolition of a strategic tier of local government in major urban areas ⓘ redistribution of local government responsibilities to lower-tier authorities ⓘ
enactedBy	Conservative government of the United Kingdom ⓘ
governs	structure of certain local authorities ⓘ
hasPart	provisions on abolition of metropolitan county councils ⓘ provisions on abolition of the Greater London Council ⓘ provisions on joint authorities ⓘ provisions on residuary bodies ⓘ provisions on transfer of staff and property ⓘ
implementedBy	statutory instruments made under the Act ⓘ
jurisdiction	England ⓘ Wales ⓘ
languageOfDocument	English ⓘ
legalCitationStyle	UK primary legislation ⓘ
legalDomain	administrative law ⓘ public law ⓘ
legislature	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
longTitle	An Act to make further provision with respect to local government and the functions of local authorities in England and Wales; to abolish the Greater London Council and the metropolitan county councils; and for connected purposes ⓘ
politicalContext	local government reforms under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
regionAffected	England ⓘ Wales ⓘ
relatedTo	Local Government Act 1972 ⓘ Local Government Act 1992 ⓘ Local Government Act 2000 ⓘ
restructured	local government in England ⓘ local government in Wales ⓘ
shortTitle	Local Government Act 1985 self-link ⓘ
status	in force, as amended ⓘ
subjectMatter	abolition of upper-tier local authorities ⓘ distribution of local authority functions ⓘ local government reorganisation ⓘ
transferredPowersTo	London borough councils ⓘ metropolitan district councils ⓘ
typeOfChange	major structural reform of local government ⓘ
yearOfEnactment	1985 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

London Government Act 1963 → partiallyRepealedBy → Local Government Act 1985 ⓘ

Local Government Act 1972 → amendedBy → Local Government Act 1985 ⓘ

Greater London Council (in respect of residual functions) → legalBasis → Local Government Act 1985 ⓘ

Greater London Council → dissolutionCause → Local Government Act 1985 ⓘ

Local Government Act 1985 → shortTitle → Local Government Act 1985 self-link ⓘ

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council → appliesLaw → Local Government Act 1985 ⓘ