{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/buckinghamshire-district-boundaries-order-1987/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/buckinghamshire-district-boundaries-order-1987/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/339",
  "legislation_title": "The Buckinghamshire (District Boundaries) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/buckinghamshire-district-boundaries-order-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES\nCHANGES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS\nMade 3rd March 1987\nLaid before Parliament 9th March 1987\nComing into force\nfor the purposes described in article 2(1) 30th March 1987\nfor all other purposes 1st April 1987\nWhereas the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, acting pursuant to sections 47 and 51(1) of the Local Government Act 1972, has made proposals to the Secretary of State for alterations in the boundary between the districts of Chiltern and Wycombe and between the districts of Chiltern, South Bucks and Wycombe;\nAnd whereas more than six weeks has elapsed since those proposals were made;\nAnd whereas the Secretary of State has decided to give effect to the proposals for alterations between the districts of Chiltern and Wycombe and, with modifications, to the proposals for alterations between the districts of Chiltern, South Bucks and Wycombe;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of his powers under sections 51(2) and 67(4) of the Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 70."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/339/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}