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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/city-of-westminster-act-1996/section-2",
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  "legislation": "ukla/1996/8",
  "legislation_title": "City of Westminster Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/city-of-westminster-act-1996",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“authorised officer” means an officer of the council authorised by the council in writing to act in relation to the relevant provision of this Act;\n“the city” means the City of Westminster;\n“the council” means the Westminster City Council;\n“closure notice” means a notice served under subsection (2) of section 3 (Closure notice) of this Act;\n“closure order” means an order made under section 4 (Closure order) of this Act;\n“person having an interest in the premises” means the owner, leaseholder, licensee or occupier of the premises;\n“premises” includes any premises, part of premises, vehicle, vessel or stall;\n“Schedule 3” means Schedule 3 to the 1982 c. 30.Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982;\n“sex establishment” has the same meaning as in Schedule 3.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/1996/8/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:45:50.502930+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}