{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/home-safety-act-1961/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/home-safety-act-1961/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/20",
  "legislation_title": "Home Safety Act 1961",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/home-safety-act-1961",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Promotion of safety in the home.",
  "text": "(1) A local authority may promote safety in the home by publishing or making arrangements for otherwise giving information or advice relating to the prevention of accidents in the home.\n(2) A local authority may make contributions to any organisation whose activities are carried on otherwise than for profit and consist of or include the promotion of safety in the home.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) In this Act “local authority” means the council of a county district . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 1(3), 2(2) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), Sch. Pt. VIII"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), Schs. 17 para. 29(h), 18 Pt. II"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/20/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:10:31.307111+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."
}