{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-legislative-reform-payments-by-parish-councils-community-councils-and-charter-trustees-order-2013/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2013/9780111105825",
  "legislation_title": "The Legislative Reform (Payments by Parish Councils, Community Councils and Charter Trustees) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-legislative-reform-payments-by-parish-councils-community-councils-and-charter-trustees-order-2013",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order removes the requirement for every cheque or other order for the payment of money by a parish or community council to be signed by two members of the council. The Order also removes a similar requirement for every cheque or other order for payment of money by charter trustees to be signed by two charter trustees.\nThe Order is made under the provisions of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and removes a burden on parish and community councils and charter trustees and facilitates the use of electronic means of payment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111105825/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:14:34.611598+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."
}