{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/london-government-act-1963/section-54",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/london-government-act-1963/section-54.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1963/33",
  "legislation_title": "London Government Act 1963",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/london-government-act-1963",
  "path": "section/54",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "54",
  "heading": "Food, drugs, markets and animals.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) For the purposes of the Animal Health Act 1981—\n(a) subject to paragraph (b) of this subsection, the council of a London borough shall be the local authority for the borough;\n(b) for the purpose of the provisions of that Act relating to imported animals, the Common Council shall be the local authority in and for the whole of Greater London.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 54(1) repealed by Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16, SIF 53:1, 2), ss. 54, 59(1)(4), Sch. 3 para. 2, Sch. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 54(2) repealed by Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1972 (c. 62), Sch. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words substituted by Animal Health Act 1981 (c. 22, SIF 4:4), s. 96(1), Sch. 5 para. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 54(4) repealed by Food Act 1984 (c. 30, SIF 53:1), ss. 134, 136, Sch. 11"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/33/section/54",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:00:26.732932+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."
}