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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/budget-responsibility-and-national-audit-act-2011-commencement-no1-order-2011/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/892",
  "legislation_title": "The Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 (Commencement No.1) Order 2011",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force Part 1 of the Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 (c.4) (“the Act”).\nArticle 2 and Schedule 1 to the Order specify the provisions of the Act which come into force on 23rd March 2011 (sections 1, 2 and 10). These provisions set out the fiscal policy framework of the UK, which include the preparation of a Charter for Budget Responsibility (section 1) and the obligation to prepare annual Budget documents (section 2). Section 10 repeals the fiscal policy framework provisions which are superseded by the Act.\nArticle 3 and Schedule 2 to the Order specify the provisions of the Act which come into force on 4th April 2011 (sections 3 to 9). Section 3 provides for the establishment of the Office for Budget Responsibility (“the Office”) as a statutory corporate body and Schedule 1 sets out its governance structures and processes. The remaining provisions of Part 1 govern the forecasting functions of the Office, setting out the main duty of the Office (section 4) and its exercise and performance (sections 5 to 8). Section 9 gives the Office the right of access to Government information relevant to performance of its main duty.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/892/note",
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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."
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