{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-expenditure-powers-order-1995/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-expenditure-powers-order-1995/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/3304",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Expenditure Powers) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-expenditure-powers-order-1995",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 19th December 1995\nLaid before Parliament 5th January 1996\nComing into force 26th January 1996\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 137(4B) and (5) of the Local Government Act 1972 and section 54(1) and (2) of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 70. Section 137(4B) was inserted, and section 137(5) was amended, by section 44 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (c. 30)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1994 c. 19."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3304/introduction",
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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."
}