{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/schedule-12/paragraph-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/schedule-12/paragraph-46.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/70",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972",
  "path": "schedule/12/paragraph/46",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Part of this Schedule “local authority” includes a joint authority .... . . . . . and in relation to any such authority the reference in paragraph 43 above to election shall include a reference to appointment.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 12 para. 46 inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 84, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 35(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 12 para. 46 omitted (16.1.2012) by virtue of Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 116(4); S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 2 para. 37)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 12 para. 46 extended by S.I. 1985/1884, arts. 10, 11(3), Sch. 3 para. 1(p)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Sch. 12 para. 46 modified by S.I. 1987/2110, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 3(o)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Sch. 12 para. 46 modified (5.10.2026) by The Surrey (Structural Changes) (Pensions etc.) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/1011), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 3(o) (with Sch. para. 10)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "excluded",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/6",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Wales) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/schedule/12/paragraph/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:48:26.887741+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."
}