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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contracting-out-highway-functions-order-1995/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contracting-out-highway-functions-order-1995/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1986",
  "legislation_title": "The Contracting Out (Highway Functions) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contracting-out-highway-functions-order-1995",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CONTRACTING OUT\nMade 24th July 1995\nComing into force 25th July 1995\nWhereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament under section 77(2) of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994,\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 69 and 77(1)(b) of that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Order (except arts. 1(1), 1(2) (in pt.), 3) revoked (24.3.2009) by The Contracting Out (Highway Functions) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/721), arts. 1, 4(1)(2) (with savings for art. 2, Sch. 2 paras. 1(l), 10 in art. 4(3)(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1994 c. 40."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 79(1) contains a definition of “Minister”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1986/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:04:44.089519+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."
}