{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-act-1948/section-33",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-act-1948/section-33.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/11-12/29",
  "legislation_title": "National Assistance Act 1948",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-act-1948",
  "path": "section/33",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": "Local Authorities for purposes of Part III.",
  "text": "(1) In this Part of this Act the expression “local authority” (except in “local authority in England”) means a council which is a local authority for the purposes of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 in ... Wales, and a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 in Scotland and “local authority in England” means a council which is a local authority for the purposes of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 in England.\n...\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 3 omitted (W.) (6.4.2016) by virtue of The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 8 [Editorial note: This Act no longer applies in relation to England (1.4.2015) as a consequence of the Care Act 2014 (c. 23), Pt. 1 and the amendments made by The Care Act 2014 and Children and Families Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/914), Sch. 1 paras. 1-10]"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 33(1) inserted (1.4.2015) by The Care Act 2014 and Children and Families Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/914), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 5(2) (with arts. 1(3), 3) (see S.I. 2015/993, art. 2(a))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 195(6), Sch. 23 para. 2(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 33(1) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of The Care Act 2014 and Children and Families Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/914), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 5(3) (with arts. 1(3), 3) (see S.I. 2015/993, art. 2(a))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 27 Pt. II para. 89"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 33(1) substituted (S.) (1.4.1996) by virtue of 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 31(2); S.I 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 33(1) inserted (1.4.2015) by The Care Act 2014 and Children and Families Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/914), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 5(4) (with arts. 1(3), 3) (see S.I. 2015/993, art. 2(a))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Proviso repealed by Residential Homes Act 1980 (c. 7), s. 11(5), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "S. 33(2) repealed (E.W.) by Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (c. 42), s. 2(7), Sch. 3 and (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(2), Sch. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(d), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1970 c. 42."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/11-12/29/section/33",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:23:20.245114+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."
}