{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-act-1988/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/41",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Finance Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-act-1988",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person is an exempt individual on a particular day if at any time on the day—\n(a) he is detained in a prison, a hospital or any other place by virtue of an order of a court to which sub-paragraph (2) below applies,\n(b) he is detained under paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Immigration Act 1971 (deportation),\n(c) he is detained under section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (detention in place of safety), or\n(d) he is detained under a warrant issued under the Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984.\n(2) This sub-paragraph applies to the following courts—\n(a) a court in the United Kingdom, and\n(b) a Standing Civilian Court established under the Armed Forces Act 1976.\n(3) If a person is temporarily discharged under section 28 of the Prison Act 1952, or temporarily released under rules under section 47(5) of that Act, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above he shall be treated as detained.\n(4) Sub-paragraph (1) above does not apply where the person is detained under regulations made under paragraph 8 of Schedule 4 below.\n(5) Sub-paragraph (1) above does not apply where the person is detained under section 76 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, or section 9 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982, for default in payment of a fine.\n(6) In sub-paragraph (1) above “order” includes a sentence, direction, warrant or other means of giving effect to the decision of the court concerned.\n(7) The Secretary of State may by order provide that a person is an exempt individual on a particular day if—\n(a) at any time on the day he is imprisoned, detained or in custody under the Army Act 1955, the Air Force Act 1955 or the Naval Discipline Act 1957, and\n(b) such conditions as may be prescribed are fulfilled.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1971 c. 77."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1983 c. 20."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1984 c. 47."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "1976 c. 52."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "1952 c. 52."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "1980 c. 43."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M7",
      "text": "1982 c. 48."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M8",
      "text": "1955 c. 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M9",
      "text": "1955 c. 19."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M10",
      "text": "1957 c. 53."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/41/schedule/1/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:47.629286+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."
}