{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/section-144",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/section-144.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/70",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972",
  "path": "section/144",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "144",
  "heading": "Power to encourage visitors and provide conference and other facilities.",
  "text": "(1) A local authority , combined authority or combined county authority may (either alone or jointly with any other person or body)—\n(a) encourage persons, by advertisement or otherwise, to visit their area for recreation, for health purposes, or to hold conferences, trade fairs and exhibitions in their area; and\n(b) provide, or encourage any other person or body to provide, facilities for ..., conferences, trade fairs and exhibitions or improve, or encourage any other person or body to improve, any existing facilities for those purposes.\n(2) Without prejudice to subsection (1) above, a local authority , combined authority or combined county authority may contribute to any organisation approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this subsection and established for the purpose of encouraging persons to visit the United Kingdom or any part thereof.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) In this section “local authority” includes the Common Council.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 144(1) inserted (29.4.2026) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), ss. 52(2), 108(1)(3) (with s. 102)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word repealed by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (c. 57, SIF 81:1), s. 81, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 144(2) inserted (29.4.2026) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), ss. 52(2), 108(1)(3) (with s. 102)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 144(3) repealed by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 194, Sch. 34 Pt. XVI"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 144(4) repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 144 excluded by Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1978 (c. xiii), s. 8S. 144 extended (19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 70, 125(2), Sch. 9 para. 6 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 144 modified (22.7.2004) by The Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1777), art. 29(1)(g)S. 144 modified (22.7.2004) by The Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1778), art. 29(1)(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 144: functions made exercisable concurrently (1.4.2011) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/908), arts. 1, 10, Sch. 3 para. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 144: functions made exercisable concurrently (1.4.2014) by The Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/863), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 144: functions made exercisable concurrently (1.4.2014) by The Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral Combined Authority Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/865), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 2 (with art. 8(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "S. 144: functions made exercisable concurrently (15.4.2014) by The Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland Combined Authority Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1012), arts. 1, 12(1), Sch. 2 para. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "S. 144: functions made exercisable concurrently (1.4.2016) by The Tees Valley Combined Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/449), arts. 1(a), 7, Sch. 2 para. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "S. 144: functions made exercisable concurrently (17.6.2016) by The West Midlands Combined Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/653), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C9",
      "text": "S. 144: functions made exercisable concurrently (9.2.2017) by The West of England Combined Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/126), arts. 1(3), 25(1), Sch. 5 para. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C10",
      "text": "S. 144: functions made exercisable concurrently (9.2.2017) by The West of England Combined Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/126), arts. 1(3), 25(1), Sch. 5 para. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C11",
      "text": "S. 144: functions made exercisable (3.3.2017) by The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/251), arts. 1(2)(b), 10(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C12",
      "text": "S. 144: functions made exercisable concurrently (2.11.2018) by The Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1133), arts. 1, 19 (with art. 28)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C13",
      "text": "S. 144 modified (20.12.2023) by The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1432), arts. 1(2), 26(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C14",
      "text": "S. 144 applied (28.2.2024) by The East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/232), regs. 1(2), 33"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C15",
      "text": "S. 144: functions made exercisable concurrently (7.5.2024) by The North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/402), arts. 1(3), 47 (with art. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C16",
      "text": "S. 144 modified (5.2.2025) by The Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/117), regs. 1(2), 30"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C17",
      "text": "S. 144 modified (5.2.2025) by The Lancashire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/118), regs. 1(2), 20"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C18",
      "text": "S. 144 modified (5.2.2025) by The Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/115), regs. 1(2), 18"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C19",
      "text": "S. 144 modified (5.2.2025) by The Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/113), arts. 1(2), 28(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/section/144",
    "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."
}