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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/schedule-27/paragraph-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/schedule-27/paragraph-19.json",
  "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/19",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Power to establish pilot scheme",
  "text": "(1) Regulations may make permitted provision for a period specified in the regulations (the “piloting period”).\n(2) The piloting period must initially be a period of three years or shorter.\n(3) But—\n(a) the Secretary of State may by regulations provide that the piloting period is to continue after the time when it would otherwise expire for a period not exceeding two years (and may make such regulations more than once);\n(b) a pilot scheme may be replaced by a further pilot scheme making the same or similar provision.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 27 para. 19 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 108(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 27 para. 19 in force at 29.6.2026 in so far as not already in force, see s. 108(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/23/schedule/27/paragraph/19",
    "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."
}