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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-act-1953/section-18",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/1-2/26",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-act-1953",
  "path": "section/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n“local authority” means the council of a county, . . . borough or . . . district and the Common Council of the City of London; and\n“the Minister” means the Minister of Housing and Local Government.\n(2) Any reference in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as a reference thereto as amended by or under any subsequent enactment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XII"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/1-2/26/section/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:16:47.777611+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."
}