{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/section-227",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/section-227.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/70",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972",
  "path": "section/227",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "227",
  "heading": "Provision of depositories for parish and community documents.",
  "text": "(1) In the case of a parish or community having a separate parish or community council that council or, if they so request, the council of the district in which the parish . . . is situated or the council of the principal area in which the community is situated, shall provide proper depositories for all the specified papers belonging to the parish or community for which no provision is otherwise made.\n(2) In the case of a parish or community not having a separate parish or community council, the council of the district in which the parish . . . is situated or the council of the principal area in which the community is situated shall provide proper depositories for all the specified papers under the control of the parish meeting or belonging to the community but in England only with the consent of the parish meeting of the parish.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 227(1)(2) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(5)(8), Sch. 15 para. 48, Sch. 18 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 227(1)(2) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(5), Sch. 15 para. 48 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 227 modified (07.08.1991) by S.I.1991/1773 art.8(2), Sch. 2S. 227: certain functions transferred (07.08.1991) by S.I.1991/1773, art. 8, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 224-234 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"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/section/227",
    "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."
}