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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-act-1992/section-52A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-act-1992/section-52A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/14",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Finance Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-act-1992",
  "path": "section/52A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "52A",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Chapter a reference to an authority is to—\n(a) a billing authority in Wales, or\n(b) a major precepting authority in Wales.\n(2) Sections 52W and 52X below contain other interpretative provisions for the purposes of this Chapter.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Chapter 4A (ss. 52A-52Z) inserted (27.7.1999 with effect as mentioned in s. 30(2) of the amending Act.) by 1999 c. 27, s. 30(1), Sch. 1 para. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 52A(1)(a) inserted (3.12.2011) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 6 para. 4; S.I. 2011/2896, art. 2(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 52A(1)(b) inserted (3.12.2011) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 6 para. 4; S.I. 2011/2896, art. 2(i)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/14/section/52A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:10.132114+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."
}