{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-etc-scotland-act-1994/section-140",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-etc-scotland-act-1994/section-140.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/39",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-etc-scotland-act-1994",
  "path": "section/140",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "140",
  "heading": "Power of local authorities to provide assistance to voluntary organisations.",
  "text": "In section 88 of the 1973 Act (provision of information etc. on matters relating to functions of local authority), after subsection (2) there shall be inserted—\n“(3) 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": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/39/section/140",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:34.733196+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."
}