{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/section-90",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/section-90.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/70",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972",
  "path": "section/90",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "90",
  "heading": "Term of office of persons filling casual vacancies.",
  "text": "A person elected or appointed under the foregoing provisions of this Act in England or Wales or under Part . . . IV of the Local Government Act 1985 to fill any casual vacancy . . . shall hold office until the date upon which the person in whose place he is elected or appointed would regularly have retired, and he shall then retire.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 84, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 11"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), Sch. 13 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 90 repealed (22.4.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 10 Group 1}"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 90 amended by S.I. 1985/1884, arts. 10, 11(3), Sch. 3 para. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 90 modified by S.I. 1987/2110, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 90 applied (with modifications) (4.3.2025) by The Local Authorities (Changes to Years of Ordinary Elections) (England) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/137), arts. 1(1), 4(1)(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 90 modified (5.10.2026) by The Surrey (Structural Changes) (Pensions etc.) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/1011), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 4 (with Sch. para. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "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": "C6",
      "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": "C7",
      "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/90",
    "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."
}