{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1957/section-52",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1957/section-52.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/5-6/56",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1957",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1957",
  "path": "section/52",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "52",
  "heading": "Local authority for clearance areas in London",
  "text": "Within a metropolitan borough both the London County Council and the council of the borough shall be local authorities for the purposes of the provisions of this Part of this Act relating to clearance areas:\nProvided that where an official representation relating to not more than ten houses is made to the London County Council, the London County Council shall, unless they consider that the area should be dealt with by them as a clearance area, forward the representation to the borough council concerned.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/5-6/56/section/52",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:13:34.612316+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."
}