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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cumbria-structural-changes-order-2022/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cumbria-structural-changes-order-2022/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2022/331",
  "legislation_title": "The Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cumbria-structural-changes-order-2022",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Local Government, England\nMade 17th March 2022\nComing into force 18th March 2022\nThe Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7, 11, 12, 13 and 15(2) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (“the 2007 Act”).\nThis Order implements a proposal, submitted to the Secretary of State in response to an invitation under section 2 of the 2007 Act, that there should be a single tier of local government for Cumbria.\nIn accordance with section 7(3) of that Act, the Secretary of State has consulted every authority affected by the proposal, except the authority which made it, and such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.\nThe proposal was made by Allerdale Borough Council and Copeland Borough Council.\nA draft of this Order was laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 240(6) of the 2007 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2007 c. 28."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/331/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:02:12.340007+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."
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