{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1958/section-56",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1958/section-56.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/6-7/55",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1958",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1958",
  "path": "section/56",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "Contributions by county councils to expenses of county district councils.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a county council may make any contribution the council think fit to expenditure of the council of a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . district in the county.\n(2) A county council may make any contribution the council think fit towards expenditure . . . by a parish council or parish meeting in connection with the exercise of the functions of the council or meeting relating to public open spaces.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XII"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 56(3) repealed by Housing Finance Act 1972 (c. 47), s. 108(4), Sch. 11 Pt. I"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/6-7/55/section/56",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:43.690498+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."
}