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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-act-1999/section-257",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/29",
  "legislation_title": "Greater London Authority Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-act-1999",
  "path": "section/257",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "257",
  "heading": "The Woolwich Ferry.",
  "text": "The duty of the Secretary of State under section 16 of the Metropolitan Board of Works (Various Powers) Act 1885 to work a ferry-boat across the River Thames is transferred to Transport for London by this section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1885 c. clxvii."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/29/section/257",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:45.840103+00:00"
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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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