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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/schedule-27/paragraph-15",
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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/27/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "References to documents",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies where regulations under this Schedule contain a reference to a document specified or described in the regulations (for example, in imposing a condition by virtue of paragraph 11(1)(d) for recipients to have regard to, or to comply with, a statement of policy or standards set out in the document).\n(2) If it appears to the Secretary of State necessary or expedient for the reference to the document to be construed—\n(a) as a reference to that document as amended from time to time, or\n(b) as including a reference to a subsequent document that replaces that document,\nthe regulations may make express provision to that effect.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 27 para. 15 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 108(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 27 para. 15 in force at 29.6.2026 in so far as not already in force, see s. 108(5)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/23/schedule/27/paragraph/15",
    "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."
}