{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/schedule-18/paragraph-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/schedule-18/paragraph-31.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/23",
  "legislation_title": "English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/18/paragraph/31",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Extension or modification of functions of statutory undertakers",
  "text": "(1) Section 275 is amended in accordance with this paragraph.\n(2) In the following provisions, for “local authority” substitute “relevant authority”—\n(a) subsection (1)(a);\n(b) subsection (3) (in all three places);\n(c) subsection (5)(c).\n(3) After subsection (5) insert—\n“(6) In this section “relevant authority” means—\n(a) a local authority, or\n(b) a non-mayoral combined authority or non-mayoral CCA.”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 18 para. 31 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 108(1)(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/23/schedule/18/paragraph/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:43:57.197615+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."
}