{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/schedule-2/paragraph-5C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/schedule-2/paragraph-5C.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/70",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/5C",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5C",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The council shall consist of an elected mayor, a chairman and councillors.\n(2) A reference in this Act to a member of the council is a reference to—\n(a) the chairman of the council,\n(b) a councillor of the council, or\n(c) the elected mayor of the council.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 paras. 5A-5I and cross heading inserted (26.10.2000) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 46, 108(4), Sch. 3 para. 13(1)(2); S.I. 2000/2849, art. 2(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 5C substituted (30.12.2007) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), ss. 74, 245, Sch. 3 para. 11(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 2 paras. 5A-5I and cross heading inserted (26.10.2000) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 46, 108(4), Sch. 3 para. 13(1)(2); S.I. 2000/2849, art. 2(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 5C(1) restricted by 2000 c. 22, s. 9H(5) (as inserted (3.12.2011 for specified purposes, 9.3.2012 in so far as not already in force) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 2 para. 1; S.I. 2011/2896, art. 2(e); S.I. 2012/628, art. 2(a))"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/schedule/2/paragraph/5C",
    "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."
}