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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-public-involvement-in-health-act-2007/section-28",
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  "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/28",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Contraventions of direction",
  "text": "(1) A disposal made in contravention of a direction under section 24 is void.\n(2) A contract entered into by an authority (“the old authority”) in contravention of a direction under section 24 is not enforceable against a successor.\n(3) In subsection (2) a “successor” means a local authority (other than the old authority)—\n(a) which is established by an order under section 7 or 10; and\n(b) whose area consists of or includes the whole or part of the area of the old authority.\n(4) A contract which apart from this subsection would be a certified contract for the purposes of the Local Government (Contracts) Act 1997 (c. 65) is not a certified contract for those purposes if it is entered into in contravention of a direction under section 24.\n(5) If an authority includes financial reserves in a calculation under section 31A(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) in contravention of a direction under section 24, the authority is to be treated for the purposes of section 30(8) of that Act as not having made the calculations required by Chapter 3 of Part 1 of that Act.\n(6) If an authority includes financial reserves in a calculation under section 42A(3) of that Act in contravention of a direction under section 24, the authority is to be treated for the purposes of section 40(7) of that Act as not having made the calculations required by Chapter 4 of Part 1 of that Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 28(5) substituted (3.12.2011) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 7 para. 51(2); S.I. 2011/2896, art. 2(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 28(6) substituted (3.12.2011) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 7 para. 51(3); S.I. 2011/2896, art. 2(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 28 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/28",
    "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."
}