Local Taxation Licences - Definition - Law Dictionary

Definition :

Local taxation licences. Licences to sell intoxicating liquors, etc., to keep dogs, guns, carriage, etc., and to trade as horse dealers, pawnbrokers, etc.; the proceeds of the duties are transferred to county councils for their county funds by s. 20 of the (English) Local Government Act, 1888. A full list of the licences is given in Sched. I. of the Act.

By s. 6 of the (English) Finance Act, 1908, power is given to levy the duties on certain of these licences, namely, dealing in game, killing game, guns, dogs, armorial bearings, and (formerly) male servants