# Health Services Act 1980, Section 23: Correction of meaning of “local authority” in Part IV of the National Assistance Act 1948.


Section 195 of the Local Government Act 1972 (which amends exisiting enactments conferring social services functions, including the National Assistance Act 1948, so as to vest those functions in the authorities which are local authorities for the purposes of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970) shall have effect, and be deemed always to have had effect, as if at the end of the section there were added the following subsection—
“(7) In section 64(1) of the National Assistance Act 1948 (interpretation), in the definition of “local authority”, the words “county borough” shall be omitted and, after the word “district”, there shall be inserted the words “or London borough or the Common Council of the City of London”.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/53/section/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-services-act-1980/section-23
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