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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-etc-miscellaneous-provision-no-2-order-1974/article-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1974/595",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities etc. (Miscellaneous Provision) (No. 2) Order 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-etc-miscellaneous-provision-no-2-order-1974",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Discount in respect of rates",
  "text": "Any direction for the allowance of a discount in respect of rates under section 51 or 54 of the General Rate Act 1967 in force immediately before 1st April 1974 in a county borough or county district abolished by section 1 or 20 of the Act shall cease to have effect on that date.\nThis article is without prejudice to any direction of a district council under the said section 51 or 54 taking effect as from 1st April 1974.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/595/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:43:42.528697+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."
}