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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-legislative-and-regulatory-reform-regulatory-functions-amendment-order-2009/article-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2009/9780111483367",
  "legislation_title": "The Legislative and Regulatory Reform (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-legislative-and-regulatory-reform-regulatory-functions-amendment-order-2009",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of the 2007 Order",
  "text": "In article 1(2), omit “and” at the end of paragraph (f) and at the end insert—\n“(h) a county or county borough council in Wales;\n(i) a fire and rescue authority in Wales (not being a county or county borough council); and\n(j) a port health authority in Wales (not being a county or county borough council);\n“local authority in Scotland” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994;\n“local authority in Northern Ireland” means a district council constituted under section 1 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972;\n“private sector bodies” means bodies or persons other than the following bodies or persons—\n(a) any Minister of the Crown, Government department or other emanation of the Crown;\n(b) any local authority;\n(c) the Greater London Authority;\n(d) any body corporate whose members are appointed by a Minister of the Crown, a Government department, a local authority, the Greater London Authority, or by a body corporate whose members are so appointed;\n(e) a company—\n(i) a majority of whose issued shares are held by or on behalf of any of the bodies or persons falling within paragraphs (a) to (d) above;\n(ii) in which the majority of the voting rights are held by or on behalf of any of those bodies or persons;\n(iii) a majority of whose board of directors can be appointed or removed by any of those bodies or persons; or\n(iv) in which the majority of the voting rights are controlled by any of those bodies or persons, pursuant to an agreement with other persons;\n(f) a subsidiary of a company falling within paragraph (e) above;\n“third sector bodies” means any organisations that exist wholly or mainly to provide benefits for society or the environment.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1994 (c.39)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 (c.9)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111483367/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:56:52.293399+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."
}