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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dorset-and-wiltshire-fire-and-rescue-authority-combination-scheme-order-2015/schedule/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/435",
  "legislation_title": "The Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority (Combination Scheme) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dorset-and-wiltshire-fire-and-rescue-authority-combination-scheme-order-2015",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "This Scheme comes into force—\n(a) for the purposes of constituting the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority as the fire and rescue authority for the combined area constituted by the Scheme solely for the performance by that authority of any functions necessary for bringing the Scheme into full operation on 1st April 2016, on 1st April 2015;\n(b) for all other purposes, on 1st April 2016.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1 in force at 1.4.2015 in accordance with art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/435/schedule/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:45:37.871028+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."
}