{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-housing-act-1989/schedule-5/paragraph-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-housing-act-1989/schedule-5/paragraph-23.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1989/42",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government and Housing Act 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-housing-act-1989",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/23",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 45 (unoccupied hereditaments: liability) shall be amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1)(d) for “description” there shall be substituted “ class ”.\n(3) The following subsections shall be inserted after subsection (8)—\n“(9) For the purposes of subsection (1)(d) above a class may be prescribed by reference to such factors as the Secretary of State sees fit.\n(10) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (9) above, a class maybe prescribed by reference to one or more of the following factors—\n(a) the physical characteristics of hereditaments;\n(b) the fact that hereditaments have been unoccupied at any time preceding the day mentioned in subsection (1) above;\n(c) the fact that the owners of hereditaments fall within prescribed descriptions.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2003/26",
      "affecting_title": "Local Government Act 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "asc/2024/6",
      "affecting_title": "Local Government Finance (Wales) Act 2024"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/42/schedule/5/paragraph/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:44:48.783792+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."
}