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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-halton-knowsley-liverpool-st-helens-sefton-and-wirral-combined-authority-order-2014/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2014/9780111111345",
  "legislation_title": "The Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral Combined Authority Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-halton-knowsley-liverpool-st-helens-sefton-and-wirral-combined-authority-order-2014",
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  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the 2009 Act” means the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;\n“combined area” means the area consisting of the areas of the constituent councils;\n“the Combined Authority” means the Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral Combined Authority constituted by article 3;\n“commencement date” means the date on which this Order comes into force;\n“constituent councils” means the councils for the local government areas of Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral;\n“the Executive” means the Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive;\n“financial year” means the period of 12 months ending with 31st March in any year;\n“the ITA” means the Merseyside Integrated Transport Authority;\n“Halton Council” means the council of the borough of Halton; and\n“Local Enterprise Partnership” means the Board of the Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111111345/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:13:31.589406+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."
}