{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/part-V",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/part-V.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/70",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972",
  "path": "part/V",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "V",
  "heading": "General Provisions as to Members and Proceedings of Local Authorities",
  "text": null,
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 5 applied (5.3.2008) by The Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/634), art. 9(8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Pt. 5 applied (28.3.2008) by The Bedfordshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/907), art. 20(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Pt. 5 (ss. 79-100) applied (12.4.1994) by S.I. 1994/867, reg. 11(6)Pt. 5 (ss. 79-100) applied (temp. from 4.5.1995 to 31.3.1996) by S.I. 1995/1042, art. 4(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Pt. 5 applied (25.5.2018) by The East Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/640), arts. 1, 17(1) Table"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Pt. 5 applied (25.5.2018) by The West Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/639), arts. 1, 17(1) Table"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Pt. 5 applied (26.5.2018) by The Somerset West and Taunton (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/649), arts. 1, 17(1) Table"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "Pt. 5 applied (26.5.2018) by The Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/648), arts. 1, 36(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "Pt. 5 applied (26.5.2018) by The Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/648), arts. 1, 21(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C9",
      "text": "Pt. 5 applied (23.5.2019) by The Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/957), arts. 1, 15(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C10",
      "text": "Pt. 5 applied (14.2.2020) by The Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/156), arts. 1, 17(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C11",
      "text": "Pt. 5 applied (18.3.2022) by The Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/331), arts. 1(1), 18(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C12",
      "text": "Pts. 5, 5A applied (10.3.2026) by The Surrey (Structural Changes) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/264), arts. 1(1), 28(1)(b)(iii), 40(1)(b)(iii)"
    }
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  },
  "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."
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