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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-west-suffolk-local-government-changes-order-2018/article-13",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2018/9780111167588",
  "legislation_title": "The West Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-west-suffolk-local-government-changes-order-2018",
  "path": "article/13",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Other functions of the shadow authority",
  "text": "The shadow authority must take all such practicable steps as are necessary or expedient—\n(a) to commence and sustain its running as a shadow authority;\n(b) to prepare the authority for the assumption, as West Suffolk Council, of local government functions and full local authority powers on 1st April 2019;\n(c) to prepare any budgets or plans required by West Suffolk Council when those functions are assumed; and\n(d) to liaise with Suffolk County Council and the Relevant Councils for the purpose of ensuring continuity of the delivery of public services on and after 1st April 2019.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111167588/article/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:04:55.903326+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."
}