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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dartmoor-commons-authorised-severance-order-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1962",
  "legislation_title": "The Dartmoor Commons (Authorised Severance) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dartmoor-commons-authorised-severance-order-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commons, England\nMade 21st July 2008\nLaid before Parliament 24th July 2008\nComing into force 1st October 2008\nThe land defined as “the commons” in section 2(1) of the Dartmoor Commons Act 1985 is land—\n(a) over which rights of common are exercisable to which section 9 of the Commons Act 2006 applies;\n(b) in respect of which no commons council is established; and\n(c) in relation to which the Dartmoor Commoners’ Council has the functions of management conferred upon it by the 1985 Act.\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 1(5) of Schedule 1 to the Commons Act 2006, makes the following Order:",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c. xxxvii."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2006 c. 26."
    }
  ],
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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."
}