{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-public-involvement-in-health-act-2007/section-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-public-involvement-in-health-act-2007/section-24.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/24",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Authorities dissolved by orders: control of disposals, contracts and reserves",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may direct that, with effect from a date specified in the direction, a relevant authority may not without the written consent of a person or persons so specified—\n(a) dispose of any land if the consideration for the disposal exceeds £100,000;\n(b) enter into any capital contract—\n(i) under which the consideration payable by the relevant authority exceeds £1,000,000; or\n(ii) which includes a term allowing the consideration payable by the relevant authority to be varied;\n(c) enter into any non-capital contract under which the consideration payable by the relevant authority exceeds £100,000, where—\n(i) the period of the contract extends beyond a date specified in the direction; or\n(ii) under the terms of the contract, that period may be extended beyond that date; or\n(d) include an amount of financial reserves in a calculation under section 31A(3) or 42A(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14).\n(2) In this Chapter “relevant authority” means a local authority—\n(a) which by virtue of an order under section 7 or 10 is to be dissolved; and\n(b) which is specified, or of a description specified, in the direction.\n(3) In this section—\n“capital contract” means a contract as regards which the consideration payable by the relevant authority would be capital expenditure for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26) (capital finance);\n“non-capital contract” means a contract which is not a capital contract.\n(4) A person specified in the direction as a person whose consent is required may be the Secretary of State or such authority or other person as he thinks appropriate; and the direction may specify different persons—\n(a) in relation to different matters for which consent is required;\n(b) in relation to different relevant authorities or descriptions of relevant authority.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 24(1)(d) substituted (3.12.2011) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 7 para. 49; S.I. 2011/2896, art. 2(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 24 in force at 1.11.2007 for E. by S.I. 2007/3136, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/28/section/24",
    "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."
}