{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/small-holdings-and-allotments-act-1908/section-53",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/small-holdings-and-allotments-act-1908/section-53.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Edw7/8/36",
  "legislation_title": "Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/small-holdings-and-allotments-act-1908",
  "path": "section/53",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": "Expenses and borrowing.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) The council of a borough, urban district, or parish may borrow for the purposes of acquiring, improving, and adapting land for allotments and the council of a borough or urban district may borrow for the purpose of grants or advances to a co-operative society—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 53(1), 53(4)(a)(b) repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), s. 307, Sch. 11 Pt. IV and S.I. 1970/211"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 53(2) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70, SIF 81:1), ss. 272(1), 273(1), Sch. 30"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words inserted by Land Settlement(Facilities) Act 1919 (c. 59), Sch.2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 52(2), 53(5) repealed by National Loans Act 1968 (c. 13), Sch. 6 Pt. II"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/8/36/section/53",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:21:20.127818+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."
}