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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-social-services-and-food-and-drugs-order-1974/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1974/273",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Social Services and Food and Drugs) Order 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-social-services-and-food-and-drugs-order-1974",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and application",
  "text": "(1) This order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Social Services and Food and Drugs) Order 1974, and shall come into operation on 1st April 1974.\n(2) This order shall not apply to Greater London.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/273/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:50:07.263696+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."
}