{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-authorities-indemnities-for-members-and-officers-order-2004/article-5",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2004/0110495314",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Indemnities for Members and Officers) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-authorities-indemnities-for-members-and-officers-order-2004",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Cases in which an indemnity may be provided",
  "text": "Subject to article 6 below, an indemnity may be provided in relation to any action of, or failure to act by, the member or officer in question, which—\n(a) is authorised by the authority; or\n(b) forms part of, or arises from, any powers conferred, or duties placed, upon that member or officer, as a consequence of any function being exercised by that member or officer (whether or not when exercising that function he does so in his capacity as a member or officer of the authority)—\n(i) at the request of, or with the approval of the authority, or\n(ii) for the purposes of the authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2004/0110495314/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:23:39.580644+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."
}