{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1958/section-66",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1958/section-66.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/6-7/55",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1958",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1958",
  "path": "section/66",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "66",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say:—\nAct of 1933 means the Local Government Act, 1933;\n. . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the Generating Board means the Central Electricity Generating Board, and Electricity Board means the Generating Board or an Area Board;\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nexpenditure includes sums paid by virtue of a precept or other instrument or by way of contribution;\nfunctions means powers or duties;\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) References in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended by any subsequent enactment, including this Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Definition in s. 66(1) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt.X."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Definition repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XII"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Definitions repealed with saving by Local Government (Termination of Reviews) Act 1967 (c. 18), s. 1, Sch. Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Definition repealed by Gas Act 1972 (c. 60), Sch. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Definition repealed by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), s. 93(1), Sch. 18 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 66(2) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt.X."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 66(3) 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/Eliz2/6-7/55/section/66",
    "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."
}