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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enforcement-of-road-traffic-debts-order-1993/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2073",
  "legislation_title": "The Enforcement of Road Traffic Debts Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enforcement-of-road-traffic-debts-order-1993",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Enforcement of Road Traffic Debts Order 1993 and shall come into force on 1st September 1993.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the authority” means the London authority to whom the debt is payable;\n“enforcement officer” means a bailiff certificated in accordance with the Enforcement of Road Traffic Debts (Certificated Bailiffs) Regulations 1993;\n“execution fees” mean the fees and expenses payable with respect to executions by enforcement officers provided under the Enforcement of Road Traffic Debts (Certificated Bailiffs) Regulations 1993;\n“respondent” means the person by whom the specified debt is payable;\n“specified debts” are the Part II debts specified in article 2(1);\n“the Act” means the Road Traffic Act 1991.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S. I. 1993/2072(L.17)."
    }
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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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