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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-categorisation-england-order-2004/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1704",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Categorisation) (England) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-categorisation-england-order-2004",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and application",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Categorisation) (England) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 29th July 2004.\n(2) This Order applies in relation to English local authorities.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "For the definition of “English local authority”, see section 99(7) of the Local Government Act 2003."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1704/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:23:24.750358+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."
}