The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992

Northern Ireland Order in Council 1992 No. 810 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created

0recorded in force

0revoked

Made: 16 March 1992
In force from: 17 May 1992
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Education, social security, pensions and public services
Made under: Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order makes new provision with respect to the way district councils exercise certain of their activities, confers new powers in relation to district councils and makes miscellaneous amendments to the law relating to local government. Part II of this Order and Schedule 1 secure that district councils undertake certain activities only if they can do so competitively. Part III regulates certain functions of district councils in connection with public supply or works contracts. Part IV enables the Department of the Environment to establish a scheme to give financial assistance to district councils in respect of expenditure incurred in cases of emergencies or disasters and confers a power on district councils to promote safety in the home and the economic development of their districts. Part V makes miscellaneous amendments to the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 and to other statutory provisions relating to district councils. The principal amendments concern— a the issue of a code of local government conduct for members and officers of district councils (Articles 29 and 35); b the restriction on members of committees, who are not councillors, from voting on matters before the committee (Article 32); c the adoption of procedural standing orders (Article 33); d the transfer of officers exercising functions on behalf of 2 or more councils back to individual councils (Article 35); e the inspection by councillors, local electors and other ratepayers of accounts and other documents, other than documents relating to records of officers (Articles 36 and 37); f the power of the local government auditor to issue a prohibition notice to prevent an unlawful expenditure or loss or deficiency (Article 38); g the enforcement of bye-laws by constables (Article 39); h the prohibition of political publicity (Article 41); and i the practice of acupuncture by physiotherapists and chiropodists (Article 50).

Offences created by this instrument

Separate account of expenditure on publicity article 115C(3) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind

What Parliament said about it

Contributions, debates and written statements mentioning this instrument by name. Parliamentary material is reused under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

Local Government (Northern Ireland) Commons · Commons Chamber · 10 February 1992 · The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr. Richard Needham)
I beg to move, That the draft Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992, which was laid before this House on 14th January, be approved. This is an important piece of legislation for Northern Ireland. Before going into the detail, may I highlight two aspects of it which I feel will lead to a radical improvement in the way in which district councils think and operate in the Province? The first aspect is competitive tendering. Without doubt that has had the greatest impact in the past decade on the way in which the public sector does its job. We are entitled to…
Local Government (Northern Ireland) Commons · Commons Chamber · 10 February 1992
Resolved, That the draft Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992, which was laid before this House on 14th January, be approved.
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 Lords · Lords Chamber · 28 February 1992
Appropriation (Northern Ireland) Commons · Commons Chamber · 18 February 1993 · Mr. Robinson
Yes, indeed; there is no doubt about that. The point needs only to be stated to be accepted: the hon. Gentleman is absolutely correct. Harland and Wolff would benefit considerably, and the Government could do themselves and the nation a favour in environmental terms. We have all seen the dramatic impact of oil spillage, and there is real cause for the Government to impose much stricter regulations about the age and standard of ships allowed into our waters and the standard of ships built in our yards. A scrap-and-build policy at a lower level would help shipbuilding yards throughout the…
Education And Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 Lords · Lords Chamber · 27 October 1993 · The Earl of Arran
My Lords, as ever, I am grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Prys-Davies and Lord Holme of Cheltenham, for their thoughtful contributions. The noble Lord, Lord Prys-Davies, said that he felt inadequate in the circumstances. If inadequacy means such searching questions, the noble Lord continues to ask some very demanding and appropriate ones. That also applies to the noble Lord, Lord Holme of Cheltenham. I shall attempt to answer the points made by both noble Lords, but if I am unable to do so I shall write very quickly to deal with them. Perhaps I may first deal with anxieties about the Order…

How Parliament handled it

Parliament's Statutory Instruments service records procedure from May 2017 onwards, and this instrument predates it. That is a limit of the source, not a statement that nothing happened.

Check the source

This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
Other instruments from 1992