{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/development-services-act-northern-ireland-1948/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/development-services-act-northern-ireland-1948/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1948/25",
  "legislation_title": "Development Services Act (Northern Ireland) 1948",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/development-services-act-northern-ireland-1948",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "General provisions as to district councils.",
  "text": "(1) Anything which under the provisions of this Act may be done by a [ district council] may if the Ministry of Health and Local Government so approve be done by any two or more [ district councils] acting in combination with one another.\n(2) Where under any provision contained in this Act (including this section) the approval of the Ministry of Health and Local Government is required such approval shall not be given or withheld except after consultation with the Ministry.\n(3) The powers conferred on a [ district council] by this Act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any power conferred on that [ council] under or by virtue of the Open Spaces Act, 1906 1906 c.25, or the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907 1907 c.53,…,..., or any other enactment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "SRO (NI) 1973/285"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Functions transf., SRO (NI) 1964/205; 1973/504"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "1972 NI 17"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "1992 NI 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1948/25/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:34:02.827401+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."
}