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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-disorder-act-1998-responsible-authorities-order-2010/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/970",
  "legislation_title": "The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Responsible Authorities) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-disorder-act-1998-responsible-authorities-order-2010",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Combined areas",
  "text": "(1) The functions conferred by or under section 6 or by section 7 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 are to be carried out in relation to the local government areas of West Dorset District Council, Weymouth and Portland Borough Council, Purbeck District Council, Christchurch Borough Council, East Dorset District Council and North Dorset District Council as if they constituted only one area (for the purposes of this article, “the combined area”).\n(2) The persons who for the purposes of Chapter 1 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 are to be taken as the responsible authorities in relation to the combined area are the persons who comprise every person who, apart from this Order, would be a responsible authority in relation to any one or more of the areas included in the combined area.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 3(1) substituted (14.11.2011) by The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Responsible Authorities) (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2468), arts. 1, 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in force at 1.5.2010, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/970/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:45:44.542409+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."
}