{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-act-1994/schedule-16/paragraph-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-act-1994/schedule-16/paragraph-24.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/19",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Wales) Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-act-1994",
  "path": "schedule/16/paragraph/24",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Omit the following provisions from the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964—\n(a) in section 4 (library authorities and areas), from “— (a)” to “(b)”, in subsection (2);\n(b) in section 5 (joint boards), the proviso in subsection (3);\n(c) section 6 (special provisions as to Welsh districts);\n(d) in section 10 (default powers of Secretary of State), in subsection (2)—\n(i) paragraph (a);\n(ii) in paragraph (b), in sub-paragraph (i) the words “other than any council of a district in Wales” and sub-paragraph (ii);\n(e) in section 11 (supplemental provisions as to transfers of officers, assets and liabilities), in subsection (2) the words from “or (b)” to “library authority”;\n(f) section 21 (expenses of county councils in Wales).\n(2) In section 4 of that Act, at the end add—\n“(3) In Wales, county councils and county borough councils shall, subject to section 5 below, be library authorities for the purposes of this Act.”\n(3) In section 25 of that Act (interpretation), after the definition of “library officer” insert—\n““local authority”, in relation to Wales, means a county council or county borough council;”.\n(4) In Schedule 2 to that Act (management of funds for purchase of exhibits), in paragraphs 2 and 5 after “county fund” insert (in each place) “ council fund ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1995/25",
      "affecting_title": "Environment Act 1995"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/19/schedule/16/paragraph/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:34:09.310667+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."
}