{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-defence-act-1948-repealed/section-4A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-defence-act-1948-repealed/section-4A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/5",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Defence Act 1948 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-defence-act-1948-repealed",
  "path": "section/4A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4A",
  "heading": "Joint exercise of functions.",
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) by virtue of any enactment any of the functions of a local authority are exercised by that authority jointly with one or more other local authorities or by a joint board or joint committee; and\n(b) by virtue of this Act, an obligation is imposed, or a power conferred, on a local authority in respect of any of these functions,\nto the extent that such obligation or, as the case may be, power has a connection with such functions, such obligation shall be performed, or power exercised, by the authorities jointly or, as the case may be, by the joint board or joint committee; and any thing which may, by virtue of this Act, be done by, to or in respect of a local authority may be done by, to or in respect of two or more such authorities or such joint board or joint committee.\n(2) In this section “joint board” and “joint committee” have the meanings given by section 235(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.\n(3) This section extends to Scotland only.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 4A inserted (S.)(1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 29(2); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1973 c. 65."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/5/section/4A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:23:38.861624+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}