{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-records-act-1962/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-records-act-1962/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/10-11/56",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Records) Act 1962",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-records-act-1962",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Modification of local Acts.",
  "text": "Where at the commencement of this Act there is in force—\n(a) in a county borough a local Act the Bill for which was promoted by the council of the borough, or\n(b) in a county or county district a local Act the Bill for which was promoted either by the council of the county or by the council of the county district,\nand the said local Act contains provisions appearing to the Secretary of State either to be inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Act, or to be redundant having regard to any of the provisions of this Act, the Secretary of State on the application of the council by which the said Bill was promoted may by order make such alterations, whether by amendment or repeal, in the local Act as appear to him to be necessary for the purpose of bringing its provisions into conformity with the provisions of this Act, or for the purpose of removing redundant provisions, as the case may be.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1965/319, arts. 2(1), 10(1) Sch. I Pt. I and 1970/1681, arts. 2(1), 6(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/10-11/56/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:01:34.380145+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."
}