{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973/section-83",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973/section-83.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/65",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973",
  "path": "section/83",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "83",
  "heading": "Power of local authorities to incur expenditure for certain purposes not otherwise authorised.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) A local authority may, . . . incur expenditure on contributions to any of the following funds, that is to say—\n(a) the funds of any charitable body in furtherance of its work in the United Kingdom; or\n(b) the funds of any body which provides any public service in the United Kingdom otherwise than for the purposes of gain; or\n(c) 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 by a convener of a local authority, a convener of a community council, a lord-lieutenant or by a body of which any of these persons is a member or by such a person or body as is referred to in section 137(3)(c) of the Local Government Act 1972.\n(3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4AA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 83(1)(2)(2C)(2D)(4)-(7) repealed (1.4.2003) by Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (asp 1), ss. 60(1)(a), 62; S.S.I. 2003/134, art. 2(1), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 83(2A)(2B) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1)(2), Sch. 13 para. 92(19)(a), Sch. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)(d), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 83(3) repealed (1.4.2003) by Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (asp 1), ss. 60(1)(a), 62; S.S.I. 2003/134, art. 2(1), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 83(3)(c) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 92(19)(b); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words added by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:2), s. 36(9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 83(3A) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 164(3), 180(2), Sch. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(a)(d), Schs. 1, 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 83 amended by Local Authorities (Expenditure Powers) Act 1983 (c. 52, SIF 81:2), s. 1(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 83 amended by Local Authorities (Expenditure Powers) Act 1983 (c. 52), s. 1(1)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/65/section/83",
    "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."
}