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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-337/article-A4",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2009/337",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 20 April 2009 on the definition of the criteria for the classification of waste facilities in accordance with Annex III of Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the management of waste from extractive industries (notified under document number C(2009) 2856) (2009/337/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-337",
  "path": "article/A4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "A4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Articles A2 and A3—\n(a) “appropriate authority” means—\n(i) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;\n(ii) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;\n(b) “local authority” means—\n(i) in England outside Greater London—\n— a district council,\n— a county council, or\n— the Council of the Isles of Scilly;\n(ii) in Greater London—\n— the council of a London borough,\n— the Common Council of the City of London,\n— the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple, or\n— the Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple;\n(iii) in Wales—\n— a county council, or\n— a county borough council.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. A1-A4 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/620), regs. 1(2)(b), 18(2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1540, regs. 1(3), 14(14)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2009/337/article/A4",
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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."
}