{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1948/section-133",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1948/section-133.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/11-12/26",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1948",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1948",
  "path": "section/133",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "133",
  "heading": "War memorials.",
  "text": "(1) In section (1) of the War Memorials (Local Authorities’ Powers) Act, 1923 (which enables local authorities, as defined in that Act, to incur reasonable expenditure in the maintainance, repair and protection of war memorials in their district which are vested in them) for the words “which may be vested in them” there shall be substituted the words “whether vested in them or not.”\n(2) The matters on which expenditure may be incurred under the said section one shall include the alteration of any memorial to which that section applies so as to make it serve as a memorial in connection with any war subsequent to that in connection with which it was erected and the correction of any error or omission in the inscription on any such memorial.\n(3) The War Memorials (Local Authorities’ Powers) Act 1923, as amended by the foregoing provisions of this section shall extend to Scotland subject to the following modifications—\n(ia) in section 1, for the words “within their district” there shall be substituted the words “whether within or outside their area”\n(i) section four shall not apply; and\n(ii) “local authority” means an island or district council.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 133(ia) inserted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 170(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 27 Pt. II para. 88"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 133(3)(ii) substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 170(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word substituted by Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 43, SIF 81:2), s. 66(1), Sch. 3 para. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1923 c. 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "THE TEXT OF S.133(1) IS IN THE FORM IN WHICH IT WAS ORIGINALLY ENACTED: IT WAS NOT REPRODUCED IN STATUTES IN FORCE AND DOES NOT REFLECT ANY AMENDMENTS OR REPEALS WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN MADE PRIOR TO 1.2.1991."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "The “said section one” means War Memorials (Local Authorities' Powers) Act 1923 (c. 18), s. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/11-12/26/section/133",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:23:22.019490+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."
}