{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/schedule-23/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/schedule-23/paragraph-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/70",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972",
  "path": "schedule/23/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In the Mental Health Act 1959, in sections 8(1), . . . for the words “local health authorities” there shall be substituted the words “ local social services authorities ”.\n(2) In sections . . ., 131, . . . and 142 of that Act for the words “local health authority” there shall be substituted the words “ local social services authority ”.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n4)–(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 23 para 9(1) repealed (prosp.) by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), ss. 66(2), 67(2), Sch. 10"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20, SIF 85), s. 148, Sch. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words repealed by Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20, SIF 85), s. 148, Sch. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 23 para. 9(3) repealed (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), ss. 108(2), Sch. 15;art.3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 23 para. 9(4)–(6) repealed by Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20, SIF 85), s. 148, Sch. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1959 c. 72."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/schedule/23/paragraph/9",
    "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."
}