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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-county-durham-structural-change-order-2008/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-county-durham-structural-change-order-2008/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110808154",
  "legislation_title": "The County Durham (Structural Change) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-county-durham-structural-change-order-2008",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Single tier local government in County Durham",
  "text": "(1) On and after 1st April 2009 the County Durham council shall be the sole principal authority for County Durham.\n(2) For the purposes of enactments relating to local government, there shall be a new district, whose area shall be co-terminous with that of County Durham; and the name of that new district shall be County Durham.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110808154/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:17:04.693800+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."
}