{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-armorial-bearings-order-1979/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-armorial-bearings-order-1979/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1979/909",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Armorial Bearings) Order 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-armorial-bearings-order-1979",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 26th July 1979\nComing into Operation 14th August 1979\nAt the Court of Saint James, the 26th day of July 1979\nPresent,\nThe Counsellors of State in Council\nWhereas Her Majesty, in pursuance of the Regency Acts 1937 to 1953, was pleased, by Letters Patent dated the 16th day of July 1979, to delegate to the six Counsellors of State therein named or any two or more of them full power and authority during the period of Her Majesty's absence from the United Kingdom to summon and hold on Her Majesty's behalf Her Privy Council and to signify thereat Her Majesty's approval for anything for which Her Majesty's approval in Council is required:\nNow, therefore, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and His Royal Highness The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, being authorised thereto by the said Letters Patent, and by virtue and in exercise of the powers conferred on Her Majesty by section 247 of the Local Government Act 1972, and by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council, do on Her Majesty's behalf order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/909/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:15:23.181691+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."
}