{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-2000/section-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-2000/section-28.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/22",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-2000",
  "path": "section/28",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Approval of outline fall-back proposals.",
  "text": "(1) A local authority may apply to the Welsh Ministers for the approval of outline fall-back proposals involving fall-back proposals which are not permitted by or under this Part but which would be so permitted if the necessary regulations were made under section 11(5) or 32 (as the case may be).\n(2) The form and content of an application under subsection (1) must comply with any directions given by the Welsh Ministers.\n(3) Where the Welsh Ministers approve a local authority’s proposals under subsection (1)—\n(a) the authority may use those proposals as their outline fall-back proposals for the purposes of section 27, and\n(b) the timetable referred to in section 27(13) shall be extended to the extent that there is any delay in making the necessary regulations under section 11(5) or 32 (as the case may be).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 28(1) substituted (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 3 para. 32(2); S.I. 2012/57, art. 4(1)(c) (with arts. 6, 7, 9-11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 28(2) substituted (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 3 para. 32(2); S.I. 2012/57, art. 4(1)(c) (with arts. 6, 7, 9-11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 28(3) substituted (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 3 para. 32(3); S.I. 2012/57, art. 4(1)(c) (with arts. 6, 7, 9-11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 28 wholly in force at 28.7.2001; s. 28 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 108; s. 28 in force at 7.8.2000 in so far as it confers power to make an order or regulations, give directions, or issue guidance in relation to England only by S.I. 2000/2187, arts. 1(3), 2(b); s. 28 in force at 26.10.2000 in relation to England only except in so far as already in force by S.I. 2000/2849, arts. 1(3), 2(b); s. 28(1)(2) in force at 1.11.2000 in relation to Wales by S.I. 2000/2948, art. 2; s. 28 in force at 28.7.2001 in so far as not already in force see s. 108(4)-(6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/22/section/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:52.095320+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."
}