
1 
A local authority may incur reasonable expenditure in the maintenance, repair and protection of any war memorial within their district which may be vested in them.
2 
Any expenditure to be incurred under this Act by a local authority shall—
(a) in the case of a parish council or parish meeting, be limited to an amount which will not involve a rate exceeding a penny in the pound for any financial year, and be subject to the approval of the county council;
(b) in the case of any other local authority, be limited to an amount from time to time approved by the Minister of Health.
3 
The provisions of this Act shall not apply to a war memorial provided or maintained by a local authority in the exercise of any other statutory power.
4 
In this Act the expression "local authority" means the council of a county, county borough, metropolitan borough or other borough, or of an urban district or parish, and the parish meeting of a rural parish with no parish council.
5 
This Act may be cited as the War Memorials (Local Authorities' Powers) Act, 1923.