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  "title": "The Bedfordshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008",
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  "long_title": "This Order provides for the establishment, on 1st April 2009, of a single tier of local government for the borough of Bedford and a single tier of local government for the remainder of the county of Bedfordshire (articles 3 to 5). The county of Bedfordshire and, with the exception of the borough of Bedford, the districts within that county, are abolished on 1st April 2009.",
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