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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-categorisation-england-order-2006/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/3096",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Categorisation) (England) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-categorisation-england-order-2006",
  "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 2006 and shall come into force on 15th December 2006.\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/2006/3096/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:15:51.334121+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."
}