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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/devon-city-of-plymouth-and-borough-of-torbay-structural-change-order-1996/article-6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1865",
  "legislation_title": "The Devon (City of Plymouth and Borough of Torbay) (Structural Change) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/devon-city-of-plymouth-and-borough-of-torbay-structural-change-order-1996",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Constitution of new counties of Plymouth and Torbay",
  "text": "(1) Plymouth and Torbay shall cease to form part of Devon.\n(2) A new county shall be constituted comprising the area of Plymouth and shall be named the county of Plymouth.\n(3) A new county shall be constituted comprising the area of Torbay and shall be named the county of Torbay.\n(4) Section 2(1) of the 1972 Act (which provides that every county shall have a council) shall not apply in relation to the counties of Plymouth and Torbay.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1865/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:38:50.369609+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."
}