{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/70",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Constitution and membership of Greater London Council and London borough councils.",
  "text": "(1) Sections 2 to 7 above shall not apply to . . . London borough councils but, subject to subsection (2) below, the provisions of Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect in relation to them instead.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 8(2) omitted (30.12.2007) and repealed (prosp.) by virtue of Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), ss. 54(2), 241, 245, Sch. 18 Pt. 2 (with s. 54(6))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 8(3) omitted (30.12.2007) and repealed (prosp.) by virtue of Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), ss. 54(2), 241, 245, Sch. 18 Pt. 2 (with s. 54(6))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/section/8",
    "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."
}