{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1995/759",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-1995",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Contributions to public appeals",
  "text": "In section 115 of the principal Act (expenditure for special purposes) after subsection (1) there shall be inserted—\n“(1A) Subject to subsection (2), a council may make payments to any fund which is raised in connection with a particular event directly affecting persons resident in the United Kingdom on behalf of whom a public appeal for contributions has been made—\n(a) by the chairman of a council; or\n(b) by a committee of which the chairman of a council is a member; or\n(c) by such a person or body as is referred to in section 137(3)(c) of the Local Government Act 1972; or\n(d) by such a person or body as is referred to in section 83(3)(c) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.”\n.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1972 c. 70"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1973 c. 65"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1995/759/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:44:23.631208+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."
}