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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026-transitional-and-saving-provisions-england-regulations-2026/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/482",
  "legislation_title": "The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (Transitional and Saving Provisions) (England) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026-transitional-and-saving-provisions-england-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Saving provision - definition of functional bodies in the 1999 Act",
  "text": "The amendments made to section 424(1) of the 1999 Act (interpretation) by paragraph 20(7) of Part 2 of Schedule 20 to the 2026 Act do not apply for the purposes of—\n(a) section 44 of the 2014 Act (interpretation);\n(b) section 23 of the 2003 Act (“local authority”).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/482/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:01:51.477217+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."
}