{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1888/section-79",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1888/section-79.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/51-52/41",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1888",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1888",
  "path": "section/79",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "79",
  "heading": "Incorporation of county council.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) All duties and liabilities of the inhabitants of a county shall become and be duties and liabilities of the council of such county.\n(3) Where any enactment (whether relating to . . . bridges, or other county purposes, or to quarter sessions) requires or authorises land to be conveyed or granted to, or any contract or agreement to be made in the name of, the clerk of the peace, or any justice or justices or other person, on behalf of the county or quarter sessions, or justices of the county, such land shall be conveyed or granted to, and such contract and agreement shall be made with, the council of the . . . county concerned.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 79(1), 80 repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. III and London Government Act 1939 (c. 40), Sch. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. III and London Government Act 1939 (c. 40), Sch. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XII"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/51-52/41/section/79",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:35:49.710436+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."
}