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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996-forced-marriagerelevant-third-party-order-2009/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2023",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Law Act 1996 (Forced Marriage)(Relevant Third Party) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996-forced-marriagerelevant-third-party-order-2009",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order “local authority” means—\n(a) a county council in England;\n(b) a metropolitan district council;\n(c) a non-metropolitan district council for an area for which there is no county council;\n(d) the council of a county or county borough in Wales;\n(e) a London borough council;\n(f) the Common Council of the City of London;\n(g) the Council of the Isles of Scilly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2023/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:07:56.407184+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."
}