{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/house-to-house-collections-act-1939/section-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/2-3/44",
  "legislation_title": "House to House Collections Act 1939",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/house-to-house-collections-act-1939",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Delegation of functions.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) The functions conferred on a chief officer of police by this Act or regulations made thereunder may be delegated by him to any police officer not below the rank of inspector.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Act repealed (S.) by Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 45, SIF 81:2), ss. 119(15), 137, Sch. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 7(1) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30 and Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 29"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 7(2) repealed (S.) by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 29"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:32:33.931512+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."
}