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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-discretionary-expenditure-limits-england-order-1995/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/651",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Discretionary Expenditure Limits) (England) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-discretionary-expenditure-limits-england-order-1995",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThe annual limit on the amount of expenditure which a local authority may incur for purposes not otherwise authorised is determined under section 137(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 by multiplying the relevant population of the authority’s area by the sum appropriate to the authority.\nArticle 2 of this Order, which applies to local authorities in England only, specifies a sum for county and district councils which also exercise the functions of the other tier following a structure change order made under the Local Government Act 1992.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/651/note",
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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."
}