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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-plans-and-strategies-disapplication-england-amendment-order-2009/article-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/714",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities’ Plans and Strategies (Disapplication) (England) (Amendment) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-plans-and-strategies-disapplication-england-amendment-order-2009",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Amendment of article 8",
  "text": "In article 8 (disapplication of duties to prepare action plans in relation to air quality)—\n(a) in paragraph (1), after “excellent” insert “or 4 stars”;\n(b) in paragraph (2), for “an excellent authority may” substitute “an excellent or 4 stars authority may” and for “an excellent authority who” substitute “an excellent or 4 stars authority who”;\n(c) in paragraph (3), after “excellent” insert “or 4 stars”;\n(d) in paragraph 4(c), in subsection (5B) of section 85 of the Environment Act 1995, as inserted by that sub-paragraph, after “excellent” insert “or 4 stars”;\n(e) in paragraph 4(c), in subsection (5C) of section 85 of the Environment Act 1995, as inserted by that sub-paragraph, after “excellent” insert “or 4 stars”;\n(f) in paragraph 4(c), in subsection (5D) of section 85 of the Environment Act 1995, as inserted by that sub-paragraph, for ““excellent authority” has the meaning given to that term by” substitute ““excellent or 4 stars authority” means an excellent authority or a 4 stars authority within the meaning of”;\n(g) for paragraph (5) substitute—\n“(5) Paragraph (6) applies where—\n(a) a local authority cease to fall, or to be treated as falling, within paragraph (1), and\n(b) the cessation is not by reason only of the expiration of a period previously specified under paragraph (6).”;\n(h) for paragraph (6) substitute—\n“(6) Where this paragraph applies, the authority shall be treated for the purposes of paragraph (1) as continuing to be an authority falling within that paragraph for a period one year beginning with the date of the cessation mentioned in paragraph (5).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c.25."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/714/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:14:37.313989+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."
}