{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-act-1982/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-act-1982/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/30",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-act-1982",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "General provisions relating to byelaws.",
  "text": "(1) Notwithstanding anything in section 298 of the Public Health Act 1936 or section 253 of the Public Health Act 1875 or any other enactment, a constable may take proceedings in respect of an offence against a byelaw made by a relevant local authority under any enactment without the consent of the Attorney General.\n(2) In subsection (1) above “relevant local authority” means—\n(a) a local authority, as defined in section 270 of the Local Government Act 1972; and\n(b) any body that was the predecessor of a local authority as so defined.\n(3) It is immaterial for the purposes of this section that a byelaw was made after the passing of this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1936 c. 49."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1875 c. 55."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1972 c. 70."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 12 applied by Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4, SIF 81:1), ss. 6(9), 10, 23(2), 27(2), Sch. 5 para. 7(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/30/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:11:07.379357+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."
}