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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-manchester-light-rapid-transit-system-exemptions-order-2013/article-6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/339",
  "legislation_title": "The Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Exemptions) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-manchester-light-rapid-transit-system-exemptions-order-2013",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Franchise exemption",
  "text": "Subject to article 11, exemption is granted to TfGM and the Contractor from designation under section 23(1) of the 1993 Act (passenger services to be subject to franchise agreements) in respect of Metrolink services.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 6 in force at 1.4.2013, see art. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 23(1) was amended by the 2000 Act, section 212(1) and by the 2005 Act, Schedule 1, Part I, paragraph 13(1)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/339/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:04:03.242742+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."
}