{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/section-140",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/section-140.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/70",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972",
  "path": "section/140",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "140",
  "heading": "Insurance by local authorities against accidents to members.",
  "text": "(1) A local authority may enter into a contract of accident insurance against risks of any member of the authority meeting with a personal accident, whether fatal or not, while engaged on the business of the authority.\n(2) Any sum received by the authority under any such contract shall, after deduction of any expenses incurred in the recovery thereof, be paid by them to, or to the personal representatives of, the member of the authority in respect of an accident to whom that sum is received.\n(3) The provisions of the Life Assurance Act 1774 shall not apply to any such contract, . . .\n(3A) References to accident insurance must be read with—\n(a) section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;\n(b) any relevant order under that section; and\n(c) Schedule 2 to that Act.\n(4) In this section, the expression . . . “member of the authority” includes a member of a committee or sub-committee of the authority who is not a member of that authority.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 140(1) substituted by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (c. 30, SIF 81:1), s. 39(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 140(1) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 282(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words repealed by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (c. 30, SIF 81:1), s. 39(1)(b), Sch. 7 Pt. XVI"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 140(3A) inserted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 282(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words repealed by London Regional Transport Act 1984 (c. 32, SIF 126), ss. 71(3)(b), 72(7), Sch. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1774 c. 48."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 140 extended by City of London (Various Powers) Act 1977 (c. xv), s. 19"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 140 amended by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 57(7), Sch. 13 para. 12(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 140 modified (07.08.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8(2), Sch. 2.S. 140: certain functions transferred (07.08.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8, Sch. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 140 modified (10.01.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8(2), Sch. 2.S. 140: certain functions transferred (10.01.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8, Sch. 2.S. 140 extended (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, ss. 39(2), 66(2)(b), Sch. 13 para. 19(d) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2))S. 140: certain functions transferred (temp. from 4.5.1995 to 31.3.1996) by S.I. 1995/1042, art. 3(3)S. 140 extended (19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 65(7), 125(2), Sch. 8 para. 3(1)(e) (with ss.7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7)S. 140 applied (with modifications) (8.1.1996) by 1995 c. x, ss. 1(3), 44, Sch. Pt. IS. 140 applied (4.3.1996) by S.I. 1996/263, reg. 16(3)S. 140: power conferred to make provisions about matters of the kind dealt with in this section (1.9.1997) by 1997 c. 50, s. 44(1), Sch. 4(a)(x); S.I. 1997/1930, art. 2(1)(2)(m)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 140 modified (22.7.2004) by The Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) Order 2004 (2004/1777), {art. 29(1)(e)}S. 140 modified (22.7.2004) by The Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) Order 2004 (2004/1778), {art. 29(1)(e)}"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "S. 140 applied (1.4.2009) by The Charter Trustees Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/467), reg. 14(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "S. 140 applied (with modifications) (E.) (24.3.2011) by The Hull and Goole Port Health Authority Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/939), arts. 1(1), 7, Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/section/140",
    "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."
}