# Local Government Act 1972, Paragraph 16


In section 70(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969, in the definition of “local authority”, for the words “means the council of a county, county borough” there shall be substituted the words “ except in relation to proceedings under section I of this Act instituted by a local education authority, means the council of a non-metropolitan county or of a metropolitan district ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/schedule/23/paragraph/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/schedule-23/paragraph-16
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