{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973/section-62B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973/section-62B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/65",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973",
  "path": "section/62B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "62B",
  "heading": "Power of Secretary of State to establish joint boards.",
  "text": "(1) Where the Secretary of State considers—\n(a) that any functions, or any functions in any area, of the relevant authorities should be discharged jointly by those authorities; and\n(b) that arrangements, or satisfactory arrangements, for the joint discharge of those functions—\n(i) have not been made by the relevant authorities; or\n(ii) have ceased to be in operation,\nhe may, after consulting the relevant authorities, by order establish a joint board in accordance with this section.\n(2) Subsections (4) and (5) of section 62A of this Act shall apply to a joint board established under this section as they apply to a joint board established under that section with the substitution of a reference to subsection (1) of this section for the reference to subsection (1) of that section.\n(3) No order shall be made under subsection (1) above unless a draft of the instrument containing the order has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 62A-62C inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 20; S.I. 1995/702, art. 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/65/section/62B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:46:26.996319+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."
}