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225 Deposit of documents with proper officer of authority, etc.E+W

(1)In any case in which a document of any description is deposited with the proper officer of a local authority, or with the chairman of a parish or community council or with the chairman of a parish meeting, pursuant to the standing orders of either House of Parliament or to any enactment or instrument, the proper officer or chairman, as the case may be, shall receive and retain the document in the manner and for the purposes directed by the standing orders or enactment or instrument, and shall make such notes or endorsements on, and give such acknowledgments and receipts in respect of, the document as may be so directed.

(2)All documents required by any enactment or instrument to be deposited with the proper officer of a parish or community shall, in the case of a parish or community not having a separate parish or community council, be deposited in England with the chairman of the parish meeting or in Wales with the proper officer of the [F1principal council].

[F2(3)In this section “local authority” includes a joint authority [F3, a corporate joint committee] [F4, an economic prosperity board [F5, a combined authority and a combined county authority]]]

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F1Words in s. 225(2) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(5), Sch. 15 para. 46 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2

F5Words in s. 225(3) substituted (26.12.2023) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(2)(c), Sch. 4 para. 39 (with s. 247)

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C2S. 225 modified (7.8.1991) by S.I.1991/1773, art. 8(2), Sch. 2.

S. 225: certain functions transferred (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8, Sch. 2.

C3S. 225 modified (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8(2), Sch. 2.

S. 225: certain functions transferred (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8, Sch. 2

S. 225 extended (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, ss. 39(2), 66(2)(b), Sch. 13 para. 19(g) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2))

S. 225 applied (temp. from 4.5.1995 to 31.3.1996) by S.I. 1995/1042, art. 4(1)

S. 225 modified (1.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/401, art. 18, Sch. para. 1(e)

S. 225 extended (19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 63(5), 125(2), Sch. 7 para. 17(2)(a) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7)

S. 225 extended (8.5.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 75 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(b), Sch. Pt. 2

C4Ss. 224-234 applied (with modifications) (E.) (24.3.2011) by The Hull and Goole Port Health Authority Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/939), arts. 1(1), 7, Sch. 1

C8S. 225(3) amended by S.I. 1985/1884, art. 10, Sch. 3 para. 1(n)

C9S. 225(3) modified by S.I. 1987/2110, art. 2 (2), Sch. 1 para. 3(n)

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