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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/exercise-of-functions-by-local-councillors-written-records-regulations-2009/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/352",
  "legislation_title": "The Exercise of Functions by Local Councillors (Written Records) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/exercise-of-functions-by-local-councillors-written-records-regulations-2009",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nSection 236 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28) enables local authorities in England to make arrangements for individual members of the authority to exercise any function of the authority in the electoral division or ward for which the member is elected.\nRegulation 2 of these Regulations requires any member exercising such functions to ensure that a written record is kept of any decision made or action taken in the discharge of any function delegated, and is supplied to the authority. These records will be open to inspection by members of the public at the offices of the authority for a period of six years.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/352/note",
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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."
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