# Local Government Act 1985, Paragraph 12


A residuary body shall be treated as a local authority or, as the case may be, as a principal council for the purposes of the following provisions of the principal Act—
(a) section 111 (subsidiary powers);
(b) sections 112 to 115 and 117 to 119 (staff);
(c) section 128(2) (protection of purchasers);
(d) sections 140, 140A and 140C (insurance of members etc.);
(e) section 146 (transfer of securities);
(f) section 223 (appearance in legal proceedings);
(g) sections 224, 225 and 229 to 233 (documents); and
(h) section 239 so far as it relates to opposing a local or personal Bill in Parliament and without the procedural requirements in subsection (2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/51/schedule/13/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1985/schedule-13/paragraph-12
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