{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-housing-act-1989/section-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-housing-act-1989/section-38.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": "section/38",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Information etc. on individuals’ rights.",
  "text": "(1) Section 142 of the Local Government Act 1972 (provision of information, etc.) shall be amended as follows.\n(2) There shall be inserted after subsection (2)—\n“(2A) A local authority may assist voluntary organisations to provide for individuals—\n(a) information and advice concerning those individuals’ rights and obligations; and\n(b) assistance, either by the making or receiving of communications or by providing representation to or before any person or body, in asserting those rights or fulfilling those obligations.”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1972 c. 70."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/42/section/38",
    "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."
}