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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972-references-to-aldermen-order-1977/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1977/1710",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Act 1972 (References to Aldermen) Order 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972-references-to-aldermen-order-1977",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 24th October 1977\nComing into Operation 8th May 1978\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by paragraph 14 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government Act 1972 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/1710/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:47:50.460051+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."
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