{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-development-commission-transfer-of-functions-and-miscellaneous-provisions-order-1999/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/1999/0110803817",
  "legislation_title": "The Development Commission (Transfer of Functions and Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-development-commission-transfer-of-functions-and-miscellaneous-provisions-order-1999",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order–\n“the 1983 Act” means the Miscellaneous Financial Provisions Act 1983;\n“the 1998 Act” means the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998;\n“the transfer date” means 1st April 1999; and\nany reference to the Countryside Agency shall, in relation to any time before the transfer date, be treated as a reference to the Countryside Commission.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 29."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1999/0110803817/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:19:51.665850+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."
}