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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/schedule-1/paragraph-21",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/23",
  "legislation_title": "English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/21",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 113D (general power of competence)—\n(a) in subsection (2), omit “(as defined by section 107B(5))”;\n(b) for subsection (3) substitute—\n“(2A) The “appropriate authorities” for the purpose of this section are—\n(a) the constituent councils, and\n(b) in the case of an order in relation to an existing combined authority, the combined authority.”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 21 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 108(1)(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/23/schedule/1/paragraph/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:43:57.197615+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."
}