Version Superseded: 01/12/2001
Point in time view as at 01/02/1991. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Local Government Act 1972, Section 140 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
[F1(1)A local authority may enter into a contract of insurance of Class 1 in Part I of Schedule 2 to the Insurance Companies Act [F21982] against risks of any member of the authority meeting with a personal accident, whether fatal or not, while engaged on the business of the authority.]
(2)Any sum received by the authority under any such contract shall, after deduction of any expenses incurred in the recovery thereof, be paid by them to, or to the personal representatives of, the member of the authority in respect of an accident to whom that sum is received.
(3)The provisions of the M1Life Assurance Act 1774 shall not apply to any such contract, . . . F3
(4)In this section, the expression . . . F4“member of the authority” includes a member of a committee or sub-committee of the authority who is not a member of that authority.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 140(1) substituted by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (c. 30, SIF 81:1), s. 39(1)(a)
F2Words substituted by Insurance Companies Act 1982 (c. 50, SIF 67), Sch. 5 para. 13
F3Words repealed by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (c. 30, SIF 81:1), s. 39(1)(b), Sch. 7 Pt. XVI
F4Words repealed by London Regional Transport Act 1984 (c. 32, SIF 126), ss. 71(3)(b), 72(7), Sch. 7
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 140 extended by City of London (Various Powers) Act 1977 (c. xv), s. 19
C2S. 140 amended by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 57(7), Sch. 13 para. 12(d)
C3S. 140 modified (07.08.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8(2), Sch. 2.
S. 140: certain functions transferred (07.08.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8, Sch.2.
C4S. 140 modified (10.01.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8(2), Sch.2.
S. 140: certain functions transferred (10.01.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8, Sch. 2.
S. 140 extended (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, ss. 39(2), 66(2)(b), Sch. 13 para. 19(d) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2))
S. 140: certain functions transferred (temp. from 4.5.1995 to 31.3.1996) by S.I. 1995/1042, art. 3(3)
S. 140 extended (19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 65(7), 125(2), Sch. 8 para. 3(1)(e) (with ss.7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7)
S. 140 applied (with modifications) (8.1.1996) by 1995 c. x, ss. 1(3), 44, Sch. Pt. I
S. 140 applied (4.3.1996) by S.I. 1996/263, reg. 16(3)
S. 140: power conferred to make provisions about matters of the kind dealt with in this section (1.9.1997) by 1997 c. 50, s. 44(1), Sch. 4(a)(x); S.I. 1997/1930, art. 2(1)(2)(m)
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