A part of the Local Government Act 1974 called 'Service of documents, etc' has been repealed. This means it is no longer part of the law. It was removed on 21 April 2005 by a change made in the Public Records Act 2005, which you can find more information about at the Public Records Act 2005. You can see the details of this change in section 66(b) of that act.

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252: Authentication of documents by council or board, or

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

254: Loss or destruction of documents, etc, or

"What to do if council documents are lost or destroyed"

Part 17Documents and local archives
Documents

253Service of documents, etc (Repealed)

Notes

Section 253: repealed, on 21 April 2005, by section 66(b) of the Public Records Act 2005 (2005 No 40).