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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1948/section-142",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1948/section-142.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/11-12/26",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1948",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1948",
  "path": "section/142",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "142",
  "heading": "Provisions as to statutory instruments under this Act.",
  "text": "(1) Any power to make regulations conferred by this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument, and any such statutory instrument shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament:\nProvided that this subsection shall not apply where, under any of the preceding provisions of this Act, a power to make regulations is expressed to be exercisable by statutory instrument and either—\n(a) the instrument is required to be laid before Parliament after it is made; or\n(b) a draft of the instrument is required to be laid before Parliament.\n(2) Any power to make orders conferred by this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/11-12/26/section/142",
    "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."
}