{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/section-86",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/section-86.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/70",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972",
  "path": "section/86",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "86",
  "heading": "Declaration by local authority of vacancy in office in certain cases.",
  "text": "(1) Where a member of a local authority—\n(a) ceases to be qualified to be a member of the authority; or\n(b) becomes disqualified for being a member of the authority otherwise than under section 80A(1)(c) of this Act, section 79 of the Local Government Act 2000 or section 34 of the Localism Act 2011 or by virtue of, a conviction or a breach of any provision of Part II of the Representation of the People Act 1983 , or by virtue of an order under section 30 of the Elections Act 2022; or\n(c) ceases to be a member of the authority by reason of failure to attend meetings of the authority;\nthe authority shall, except in any case in which a declaration has been made by the High Court under this Part of this Act, forthwith declare his office to be vacant.\n(2) In this section “local authority” includes a joint authority , an economic prosperity board , a combined authority and a combined county authority ...",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "The provisions of s. 86 become s. 86(1) by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 84, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 86(1)(b) substituted (1.4.2015) by Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 12 para. 5; S.I. 2015/841, art. 3(x)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 86(1)(b) inserted (17.11.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 2 para. 1(4); S.I. 2021/1249, art. 2(b) (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words substituted by Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2, SIF 42), Sch. 8 para. 12"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 86(1)(b) inserted (1.11.2023) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 10 para. 2(3); S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 3(k)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 86(2) inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 84, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 86(2) inserted (17.12.2009) by Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), ss. 119, 148(6), Sch. 6 para. 14; S.I. 2009/3318, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 86(2) substituted (26.12.2023) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(2)(c), Sch. 4 para. 27 (with s. 247)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1983 c. 2.(42)."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 86: functions of local authority not to be responsibility of an executive of the authority (E.) (16.11.2000) by virtue of S.I. 2000/2853, reg. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 86 applied (with modifications) (8.5.2017) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions to the Mayor) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/470), arts. 1(2), 11"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 86 applied (with modifications) (30.1.2021) by The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/112), arts. 1(2), 42"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 86 applied (with modifications) (20.12.2023) by The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1432), arts. 1(2), 40"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 86 applied (with modifications) (21.3.2024) by The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/414), arts. 1(2), 12"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "S. 86 applied (with modifications) (29.6.2026) by 2011 c. 13, Sch. 10A para. 65 (as inserted by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(5), Sch. 24 (with s. 102))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "S. 86(1)(b) amended by: Local Government (Interim Provisions) Act 1984 (c. 53, SIF 81:1), s. 10(2); Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 92(7); and Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 191(5), 231(7), 235(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "S. 86(2) amended by S.I. 1985/1884, art. 10, Sch. 3 para. 1(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C9",
      "text": "S. 86(2) modified by S.I. 1987/2110, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 3(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C10",
      "text": "S. 86(2) modified (5.10.2026) by The Surrey (Structural Changes) (Pensions etc.) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/1011), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 3(d) (with Sch. para. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C11",
      "text": "Pt. 5 applied (23.5.2019) by The Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/957), arts. 1, 15(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C12",
      "text": "Pt. 5 applied (14.2.2020) by The Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/156), arts. 1, 17(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C13",
      "text": "Pt. 5 applied (18.3.2022) by The Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/331), arts. 1(1), 18(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/section/86",
    "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."
}