{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1981/section-43",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1981/section-43.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/23",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1981",
  "path": "section/43",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "43",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981.\n(2) Section 11 of this Act shall come into force on 1st January 1982.\n(3) Sections 4 to 10 of this Act and, in so far as relating to section 4(2) of the Local Government (Financial Provisions etc.) (Scotland) Act 1962, Schedule 4 to this Act shall come into force on 1st April 1982.\n(4) Sections 29 and 37 of this Act and, in so far as relating to section 7 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, Schedule 4 to this Act shall come into force on such date as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument.\n(5) This Act extends to Scotland only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1962 c. 9."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1968 c. 49."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Power of appointment conferred by s. 43(4) partly exercised: S.I. 1981/1402"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/23/section/43",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:14:13.424750+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."
}