When a local authority is abolished, you might wonder what happens to its documents. The law used to say what would happen to these documents, but this part of the law has been repealed. This means it is no longer in force, and it was repealed by the Public Records Act 2005, which you can find more information about at the Public Records Act 2005.

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250: Documents of district community councils and community councils, or

"Old rules about papers from community councils"

252: Authentication of documents by council or board, or

"Councils and boards checking documents is no longer a law."

Part 17Documents and local archives
Documents

251Documents of abolished local authorities (Repealed)

Notes

Section 251: repealed, on 21 April 2005, by section 66(b) of the Public Records Act 2005 (2005 No 40).