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. The Local Government Act 1986 was passed primarily in response to the use of publicity by the

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in its attempt to prevent the passing of the Bill for the

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.Bailey and Paddison, p 54. The Local Government Act 1986 was subsequently amended by

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of the

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Part I

Section 1

This section was repealed by section 149 of, and Part I of Schedule 13 to, the

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Part II

Sections 4A and 4B were inserted by section 39(1) of the

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Section 2A

of the

added the now-repealed Section 2A to this Act, restricting local authorities from "promoting

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Part III

Section 8

This section was repealed by section 194(2) of, and Part I of Schedule 12 to, the

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References

*Halsbury's Statutes of England and Wales. Fourth Edition. 2009 Reissue. LexisNexis
Volume 25(2)
Pages 807 to 815. *"The Local Government Act 1986". Halsbury's Statutes of England. Butterworths. London. 1987
Binder 56: Continuation Binder 1986
Page 167. *Peter Allsop (ed). "Local Government Act 1986*". Current Law Statutes Annotated 1986. Sweet & Maxwell. Stevens & Sons. London. W Green & Son. Edinburgh. 1987
Volume 1
Pages 10 to 10/12. *Halsbury's Statutory Instruments
Volume 11
pp 77, 203, 204, 249 and 415. *Tom F Richardson. Public Relations in Local Government. Heinemann Professional Publishing. 1988. Page
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and 56 to 58. *Brian Harvey. "Public relations in local government". Sam Black (ed). Practice of Public Relations. Fourth Edition. 1995. Routledge. 2011
p 86
*Dawn Oliver. Government in the United Kingdom. Open University Press. 1991. Pages 83 and 84
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*Bailey and Paddison. The Reform of Local Government Finance in Britain. Routledge. London and New York. 1988. Reprinted 2006. Pages 52 an
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