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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shops-act-1950-repealed-1121994/section-73",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/14/28",
  "legislation_title": "Shops Act 1950 (repealed 1.12.1994)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shops-act-1950-repealed-1121994",
  "path": "section/73",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "73",
  "heading": "Local authorities.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act the expression “local authority” means—\nas respects the city of London, the common council;\nas respects any London borough, the council of the borough and\nelsewhere, the council of the district.\n2), (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) In Scotland, the foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply; and the expression “local authority” in the application of this Act to Scotland means an islands or a district council.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 29 para. 43"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 73(2)(3) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 157"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:18:55.840337+00:00"
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  "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."
}