{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-public-involvement-in-health-act-2007/section-136",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-public-involvement-in-health-act-2007/section-136.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/28",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-public-involvement-in-health-act-2007",
  "path": "section/136",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "136",
  "heading": "Parish councils and community councils etc not to be best value authorities",
  "text": "(1) In section 1 of the Local Government Act 1999 (c. 27) (best value authorities)—\n(a) in subsection (2) (definition of local authority in relation to England), in paragraph (a), for “, a London borough council, a parish council or a parish meeting of a parish which does not have a separate parish council” substitute “ or a London borough council ”;\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) in subsection (7) (definition of local authority in Wales), for “, county borough council or community council” substitute “ or county borough council ”.\n(2) In section 2(2) of that Act (authorities to which best value duties may be extended), omit paragraph (a) (local precepting authorities).\n(3) Schedule 7 (consequential amendments) has effect.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 136(1)(b) repealed (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(2), Sch. 18 Pt. 8; S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(v)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 136 in force at 1.4.2008 by S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/28/section/136",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:26.064223+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."
}