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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/durham-borough-of-darlington-structural-change-order-1995/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1772",
  "legislation_title": "The Durham (Borough of Darlington) (Structural Change) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/durham-borough-of-darlington-structural-change-order-1995",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order gives effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England in respect of the structure of local government in the borough of Darlington (“Darlington”).\nArticle 3 effects the structural change by providing for the transfer, on 1st April 1997, of the functions of Durham County Council in relation to Darlington to the council of the borough.\nArticles 4 and 5 make provision in respect of the Durham Police Authority.\nArticle 6 makes provision for the purposes of subordinate legislation which may be made under the Fire Services Act 1947 in respect of fire services.\nArticle 7 makes provision in relation to structure plans applying to Darlington and the boroughs in the county of Cleveland affected by a previous order under section 17 of the Local Government Act 1992. It also makes provision to enable the local plan prepared by the council of Darlington under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to contain minerals and waste policies.\nArticle 8 provides for Darlington to cease to form part of Durham on 1st April 1997 and for a new county of Darlington to be constituted on that date (but without a county council).\nArticle 9 makes provision for a whole council election in Darlington in 1996 and for the councillors so elected to retire in 1999.\nArticle 10 provides for the retirement, on 1st April 1997, of existing county councillors elected for divisions in Darlington and in respect of casual vacancies in the office of a councillor who, by virtue of the Order, would retire before the day they would regularly have retired.",
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  "version": "current",
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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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