{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1966/section-41",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1966/section-41.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1966/42",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1966",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1966",
  "path": "section/41",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "41",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act, except where the contrary intention appears, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say—\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n“the Common Council” means the Common Council of the City of London;\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n“local authority” means the council of a county, . . . or county district, . . . the council of a London borough or county borough, the Common Council or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;\n“the Minister” means the Minister of Housing and Local Government;\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n2)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) References in this Act to any enactment are references to that enactment as amended by or under any subsequent enactment.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Definition repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt.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      "text": "Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in defintion of local authority in s. 41(1) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 27 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Definition repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 41(2)(3) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Functions of Minister of Housing and Local Government now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.I. 1970/1681"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1966/42/section/41",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:56:19.079890+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."
}