{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-act-2021/section-61",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-act-2021/section-61.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2021/17",
  "legislation_title": "Domestic Abuse Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-act-2021",
  "path": "section/61",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "61",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 4",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“local authority” means—\n(a)a relevant local authority;\n(b)a district council for an area for which there is a county council;\n(c)a London borough council;\n(d)the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority;\n“relevant local authority” means—\n(a)a county council;\n(b)a district council for an area for which there is no county council;\n(c)the Greater London Authority;\n(d)the Council of the Isles of Scilly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 61 in force at 1.10.2021 by S.I. 2021/1038, reg. 2(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/17/section/61",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:58:49.211647+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."
}