{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weeds-act-1959/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weeds-act-1959/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/7-8/54",
  "legislation_title": "Weeds Act 1959",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weeds-act-1959",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Exercise of Minister’s powers by local authority.",
  "text": "The Minister may authorise the council of any county , county boroughor metropolitan district . . . to exercise on his behalf any of the powers (other than the power to make regulations) conferred on him by this Act; and where a council is so authorised subsection (1) of section four of this Act shall have effect in relation to land in the county , county boroughor metropolitan district . . . in question as if the reference therein to a person authorised by the Minister included a reference to a person authorised by the council.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 5 inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 15 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 16, Sch. 8 para. 21"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70, SIF 81:1), ss. 272(1), 273(1), Sch. 30"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/7-8/54/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:11:50.105348+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."
}