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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-bournemouth-dorset-and-poole-structural-changes-order-2018/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2018/9780111168134",
  "legislation_title": "The Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 240(6) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.\nLocal Government, England\nMade ***\nComing into force in accordance with article 1\nThe Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government makes this Order in the exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7, 11, 12 and 13 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 under section 2 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, that there should be a single tier of local government for Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole.\nThat proposal was made by Bournemouth Borough Council, Dorset County Council, North Dorset District Council, Poole Borough Council, West Dorset District Council and Weymouth and Portland Borough Council, acting jointly.\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": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2007 c.28"
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 2 was modified, in its application to Dorset County Council, the district councils in the county of Dorset and Bournemouth and Poole Borough Councils, by S.I. 2018/XXXX."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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