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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-england-property-etc-order-1973/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1973/1861",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (England) (Property etc.) Order 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-england-property-etc-order-1973",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order makes, in relation to England, general provision for the transfer from the existing authorities which go out of existence on 1st April 1974 to the new authorities established by or under the Local Government Act 1972 and the Water Act 1973 of property, liabilities, contracts etc., notices, and actions and proceedings and causes of action or proceeding.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1973/1861/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:58:23.190479+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."
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