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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-goods-and-services-public-bodies-order-1975/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1975/193",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) Order 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-goods-and-services-public-bodies-order-1975",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 enables local authorities to supply goods and services (subject to certain restrictions) to other local authorities and to public bodies. “Public body” means a person or description of persons appearing to the Secretary of State to be exercising functions of a public nature. This order, which extends to England and Wales, introduces further bodies who are to be public bodies for the purposes of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/193/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:16:29.380358+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."
}