{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988/section-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988/section-22.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/9",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988",
  "path": "section/22",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Exclusion of charges for inclusion in approved list.",
  "text": "(1) A public authority which maintains an approved list shall not require a person to pay any sum as a condition of his inclusion or continued inclusion in the list or of his being considered for such inclusion.\n(2) Subsection (1) above does not create an offence but a contravention of it is actionable by the person seeking to be included or retained in the list.\n(3) Expressions used in this section and section 17 above have the same meaning in this section as in that section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/9/section/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:48:52.191471+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."
}