# Local Government Act 1985, Paragraph 17


In section 5 of the Performing Animals (Regulation) Act 1925—
(a) in subsection (1), in the definition of “local authority”—
(i) for the words “county borough” there shall be substituted the words “London borough”; and
(ii) for the words “other area, the council of the county” there shall be substituted the words “county or metropolitan district, the council of the county or district”; and
(b) in subsection (3) for the words after “defrayed” there shall be substituted the words “, in the case of the council of a county, out of the county fund, and in the case of the council of a metropolitan district or London borough, out of the general rate fund.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/51/schedule/8/paragraph/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1985/schedule-8/paragraph-17
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