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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-legislative-and-regulatory-reform-regulatory-functions-order-2007/article-1",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2007/9780110788708",
  "legislation_title": "The Legislative and Regulatory Reform (Regulatory Functions) Order 2007",
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  "path": "article/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Legislative and Regulatory Reform (Regulatory Functions) Order 2007 and comes into force on 6th April 2008.\n(2) In this Order—\n“local authority” means—\n(a) a county or district council in England;\n(b) a London borough council;\n(c) the Common Council of the City of London;\n(d) the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple and the Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple;\n(e) the Council of the Isles of Scilly;\n(f) a port health authority in England (not being an authority specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e)); and\n(g) an authority established under section 10 of the Local Government Act 1985 (waste disposal authorities for Greater London and metropolitan counties).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c.51."
    }
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  "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."
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