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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/467",
  "legislation_title": "The Highway Litter Clearance and Cleaning (Transfer of Responsibility) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/highway-litter-clearance-and-cleaning-transfer-of-responsibility-order-1998",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION\nMade 19th February 1998\nLaid before Parliament 9th March 1998\nComing into force 1st April 1998\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions in exercise of the power conferred by section 86(11) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with the Councils of the Boroughs of East Staffordshire, Harrogate, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Stafford and Stockton on Tees, the City of Sunderland, the Districts of Derbyshire Dales, Easington, East Devon, Hambleton, Purbeck, South Derbyshire, Staffordshire Moorlands and West Dorset and the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside and it appearing to him to be necessary or expedient to do so in order to prevent or minimise interference with the passage or with the safety of traffic along the highway in accordance with paragraphs (b) and (c) of that subsection, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 43."
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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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